{"id":11894,"date":"2018-02-23t10:35:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-23t18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=11894"},"modified":"2018-02-23t10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23t18:35:07","slug":"common-limits-ap-calc-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/ap\/common-limits-ap-calc-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"common limits on the ap calc exam"},"content":{"rendered":"
as you prepare for the ap calculus exam, it’s important to know what you’re getting into. hopefully you’ve already taken a look at the list of topics, but this article is about one topic in particular: limits<\/strong>. read on to familiarize yourself with the common limits that you’ll encounter on the test!<\/p>\n the concept of limits is fundamental to bridging the gap between elementary mathematics (arithmetic, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, etc.) and calculus. in fact limits provide the theoretic background on which the main tool of calculus, the derivative<\/strong>, is built.<\/p>\n so it’s no surprise that limits show up on both the ab and bc versions of the ap calculus exam.<\/p>\n we won’t take time in this short article to review the formal definition of limit. instead, you can take a look at a number of helpful resources to review the concept.<\/p>\n now let’s get to some practice problems that highlight common limits on the ap calculus exams.<\/p>\n ( x<\/em>7<\/sup> ) \/ ( x<\/em>5<\/sup> ) = x<\/em>2<\/sup><\/p>\n therefore, as x<\/em> → ∞, our function behaves like x<\/em>2<\/sup>. so in the limit, the values simply grow without bound. the limit is ∞.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n ( 7x<\/em>4<\/sup> ) \/ ( 5x<\/em>4<\/sup> ) = 7\/5<\/p>\n this implies that as x<\/em> → -∞, the function values get closer to the constant 7\/5. that’s our limiting value!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n when x<\/em> is close to 2, but to the right of it, the top will be negative while the bottom is positive. therefore, the limit is -∞.\n<\/li>\n now that you’ve seen a number of common limits, you can be that much more confident going into the test. but keep in mind, there are many variations possible on these limit problems, so be on your guard! <\/p>\n by the way, if you want to review what else is on the exams, check out the following links.<\/p>\n as you prepare for the ap calculus exam, it’s important to know what you’re getting into. hopefully you’ve already taken a look at the list of topics, but this article is about one topic in particular: limits. read on to familiarize yourself with the common limits that you’ll encounter on the test!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[241],"ppma_author":[24932],"class_list":["post-11894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ap","tag-ap-calculus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nwhat is a limit?<\/h2>\n
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