Functions, Graphs, and Limits - AP Calculus BC
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Given
and
, what is the arc length between
?
Given and
, what is the arc length between
?
In order to find the arc length, we must use the arc length formula for parametric curves:
.
Given
and
, we can use using the Power Rule
for all
, to derive
and
.
Plugging these values and our boundary values for
into the arc length equation, we get:



Now, using the Power Rule for Integrals
for all
,
we can determine that:
![L=[t\sqrt{5}]_{0}^{4}\textrm{}dt](https://vt-vtwa-assets.varsitytutors.com/vt-vtwa/uploads/formula_image/image/417526/gif.latex)


In order to find the arc length, we must use the arc length formula for parametric curves:
.
Given and
, we can use using the Power Rule
for all
, to derive
and
.
Plugging these values and our boundary values for into the arc length equation, we get:
Now, using the Power Rule for Integrals
for all
,
we can determine that:
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Given
and
, what is the length of the arc from
?
Given and
, what is the length of the arc from
?
In order to find the arc length, we must use the arc length formula for parametric curves:
.
Given
and
, we can use using the Power Rule
for all
, to derive
and
.
Plugging these values and our boundary values for
into the arc length equation, we get:





Now, using the Power Rule for Integrals
for all
,
we can determine that:
![L=[2t\sqrt{13}]_{0}^{2}\textrm{}](https://vt-vtwa-assets.varsitytutors.com/vt-vtwa/uploads/formula_image/image/420925/gif.latex)


In order to find the arc length, we must use the arc length formula for parametric curves:
.
Given and
, we can use using the Power Rule
for all
, to derive
and
.
Plugging these values and our boundary values for into the arc length equation, we get:
Now, using the Power Rule for Integrals
for all
,
we can determine that:
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
In order to find the derivative
of a polar equation
, we must first find the derivative of
with respect to
as follows:

We can then swap the given values of
and
into the equation of the derivative of an expression into polar form:




Using the trigonometric identity
, we can deduce that
. Swapping this into the denominator, we get:



In order to find the derivative of a polar equation
, we must first find the derivative of
with respect to
as follows:
We can then swap the given values of and
into the equation of the derivative of an expression into polar form:
Using the trigonometric identity , we can deduce that
. Swapping this into the denominator, we get:
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Evaluate the following limit:

Evaluate the following limit:
The limit we are given is one sided, meaning we are approaching our x value from one side; in this case, the negative sign exponent indicates that we are approaching 3 from the left side, or using values slightly less than three on approach.
This corresponds to the part of the piecewise function for values less than 3. When we substitute our x value being approached, we get

The limit we are given is one sided, meaning we are approaching our x value from one side; in this case, the negative sign exponent indicates that we are approaching 3 from the left side, or using values slightly less than three on approach.
This corresponds to the part of the piecewise function for values less than 3. When we substitute our x value being approached, we get
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For the piecewise function:
, find
.
For the piecewise function:
, find
.
The limit
indicates that we are trying to find the value of the limit as
approaches to zero from the right side of the graph.
From right to left approaching
, the limit approaches to 1 even though the value at
of the piecewise function does not exist.
The answer is
.
The limit indicates that we are trying to find the value of the limit as
approaches to zero from the right side of the graph.
From right to left approaching , the limit approaches to 1 even though the value at
of the piecewise function does not exist.
The answer is .
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Given the graph of
above, what is
?
Given the graph of above, what is
?
Examining the graph of the function above, we need to look at three things:
-
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the left?
-
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the right?
-
What is the function value at zero and is it equal to the first two statements?
If we look at the graph we see that as
approaches zero from the left the
values approach zero as well. This is also true if we look the values as
approaches zero from the right. Lastly we look at the function value at zero which in this case is also zero.
Therefore, we can observe that
as
approaches
.
Examining the graph of the function above, we need to look at three things:
-
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the left?
-
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the right?
-
What is the function value at zero and is it equal to the first two statements?
If we look at the graph we see that as approaches zero from the left the
values approach zero as well. This is also true if we look the values as
approaches zero from the right. Lastly we look at the function value at zero which in this case is also zero.
Therefore, we can observe that as
approaches
.
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Given the graph of
above, what is
?
Given the graph of above, what is
?
Examining the graph above, we need to look at three things:
-
What is the limit of the function as
approaches zero from the left?
-
What is the limit of the function as
approaches zero from the right?
-
What is the function value as
and is it the same as the result from statement one and two?
Therefore, we can determine that
does not exist, since
approaches two different limits from either side :
from the left and
from the right.
Examining the graph above, we need to look at three things:
-
What is the limit of the function as
approaches zero from the left?
-
What is the limit of the function as
approaches zero from the right?
-
What is the function value as
and is it the same as the result from statement one and two?
Therefore, we can determine that does not exist, since
approaches two different limits from either side :
from the left and
from the right.
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Given the above graph of
, what is
?
Given the above graph of , what is
?
Examining the graph, we want to find where the graph tends to as it approaches zero from the right hand side. We can see that there appears to be a vertical asymptote at zero. As the x values approach zero from the right the function values of the graph tend towards positive infinity.
Therefore, we can observe that
as
approaches
from the right.
Examining the graph, we want to find where the graph tends to as it approaches zero from the right hand side. We can see that there appears to be a vertical asymptote at zero. As the x values approach zero from the right the function values of the graph tend towards positive infinity.
Therefore, we can observe that as
approaches
from the right.
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Given the above graph of
, what is
?
Given the above graph of , what is
?
Examining the graph, we can observe that
does not exist, as
is not continuous at
. We can see this by checking the three conditions for which a function
is continuous at a point
:
- A value
exists in the domain of 
- The limit of
exists as
approaches 
- The limit of
at
is equal to 
Given
, we can see that condition #1 is not satisfied because the graph has a vertical asymptote instead of only one value for
and is therefore an infinite discontinuity at
.
We can also see that condition #2 is not satisfied because
approaches two different limits:
from the left and
from the right.
Based on the above, condition #3 is also not satisfied because
is not equal to the multiple values of
.
Thus,
does not exist.
Examining the graph, we can observe that does not exist, as
is not continuous at
. We can see this by checking the three conditions for which a function
is continuous at a point
:
- A value
exists in the domain of
- The limit of
exists as
approaches
- The limit of
at
is equal to
Given , we can see that condition #1 is not satisfied because the graph has a vertical asymptote instead of only one value for
and is therefore an infinite discontinuity at
.
We can also see that condition #2 is not satisfied because approaches two different limits:
from the left and
from the right.
Based on the above, condition #3 is also not satisfied because is not equal to the multiple values of
.
Thus, does not exist.
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What is the polar form of
?
What is the polar form of ?
We can convert from rectangular to polar form by using the following trigonometric identities:
and
. Given
, then:


Dividing both sides by
, we get:





We can convert from rectangular to polar form by using the following trigonometric identities: and
. Given
, then:
Dividing both sides by , we get:
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