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

An inverted right circular cone has a radius of 5 cm at its top and a height of 10 cm. Water drains out of the cone at a constant rate of 8 cubic centimeters per minute. Let h be the depth of the water in centimeters and r the radius of the water surface in centimeters. The volume of a cone is V = (1/3)πr²h.

Use similar triangles to express r in terms of h, and hence write V as a function of h alone.

Find the rate at which the water level is falling at the instant when the depth is 6 cm. Include units.

Find dr/dt at that same instant. Then explain why dh/dt is not constant even though dV/dt is.