====== AP Calc AB Study Guide ====== * Credit: Simplestudies.org * This study guide has a lot of images so if u cant scroll to the very bottom without jittering just let it load for a bit * Here is a Cheat Sheet/Shorter and compressed version of what's described. [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oTnZ5zSmNq0RWiAuZzW8q0ki5WLdhy70/view?usp=sharing|Final Notes for AB and BC]] * Limit evaluation chart: [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bhdygywT-doVSjAEXM8BYZGj5CiAtQEV/view?usp=sharing|here]] * Key words pdf [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXi1LwqLF00C2uRe8h-i3E1SBnJdSmrk/view?usp=sharing|here]] ====== Unit 1 – Limits and Continuity ====== What is a limit and how to find it:\\ \\ **Limit:** If f(x) **becomes close to a unique number L as x approaches c from either side,** then\\ the limit of f(x) as x approaches c is L.\\ \\ * A limit refers to the y-value of a function [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled.png}}]] * The general limit exists when the right and left limits are the same_equal each other * DNE = does not exist. __Examples of estimating a limit numerically:__ [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_1|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_1.png}}]]Example of using a graph to find a limit:\\ \\ [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_2|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_2.png}}]]**When limits don’t exist:**\\ When the Left limit ≠ Right limit, then the limit is said to not exist.\\ * In the picture below, you can tell that the two limits don’t equal each other, thus theanswer to this limit is DNE. [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_3|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_3.png}}]]**Unbounded Behavior:** [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_4|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_4.png}}]]**Evaluating Limits Analytically:** [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_5|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_5.png}}]]**Limits Theorem:\\ Given:\\ ** Lim and Lim [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_6|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_6.png}}]]**Limits at Infinity:** [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_7|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_7.png}}]] * If mn, then the limit DNE **Finding Vertical Asymptotes**\\ The only step you have to do is\\ **set the denominator equal to zero and solve.** * Example: [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_8|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_8.png}}]] * (x+2)(x-2) = 0 → x = 2, -2 * 2 is a removable hole while -2 is the non-removable vertical asymptote. Finding Horizontal Asymptotes\\ Use the\\ **two terms of the highest degree in the numerator and denominator** * Example [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_9|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_9.png}}]] * x and x2 are the two terms of the highest degree in the numerator and denominatorrespectively. After finding it, use the limits at infinity rule to determine the limit. **Intermediate Value Theorem**\\ A continuous function on a\\ **closed interval cannot skip values.**\\ ● f(x) must be continuous on the given interval [a,b]\\ ● f(a) and f(b) cannot equal each other.\\ ● f(c) must be in between f(a) and f(b)\\ \\ Example #1: Apply the IVT, if possible on [0,5] so that f(c)=1 for the function f(x)=x2+x+1 - f(x) is continuous because it is a polynomial function. - f(a)=f(0)=1f(b)=f(5)=29 - By the IVT, there exists a value c where f(c)=1 since 1 is between -1 and 29.Example #2: Example #2: [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_10|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_10.png}}]] - For 0