Unit 4: Contextual Applications
Calculus AB · Unit 4 · Paper 1

Contextual Applications unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 40 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 36 min 33 points0/17 attempted
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Displacement

2

Decreasing at a decreasing rate

3

Average velocity versus instantaneous

4

Tangent-line estimate and concavity

5

Increasing at a decreasing rate

6

Speed is not a derivative

7

Common related-rates error

8

Negative acceleration does not mean slowing

9

Position from velocity

10

Displacement vs total distance

11

Rate versus change versus amount

12

L'Hôpital's Rule

Short answer 1. Define or explain: L’Hôpital differentiates separately

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Related rates procedure

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Units as a setup check

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Total distance

3 pts

Free response

9 pts

NO CALCULATOR. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at time t, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5, is given by v(t) = t² − 6t + 8. At time t = 0 the particle is at position x = 2.

A. Find all intervals of time in 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 during which the particle is moving to the left. Justify your answer.

B. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t = 1. Is the speed of the particle increasing or decreasing at t = 1? Give a reason for your answer.

C. Find the total distance traveled by the particle over the interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 5.

D. Find the position of the particle at time t = 5.