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f’ changes from positive to negative means…

f has a local max

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f’ changes from negative to positive means…

f has a local min

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Increasing f’ means f’’ is…

concave up

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decreasing f’ means f’’ is…

concave down

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f’’ changing sign means…

f has a point of inflection

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4th step in Euler’s method

dy/dx times change in x plus y old

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How to solve a slope field?

Look at (x,y) and match the slope

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How do you solve differential equations?

Separate x and dx and y and dy, then integrate. Find C using initial condition

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How to find carrying capacity of a logistic model?

dP/dt = 0

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Area of a circle

πr²

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Volume of a disk

pie times integral from a to b r²

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How to find big R for a washer?

Axis of rotation minus curve (Largest radius)

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How to find little r for a washer?

Axis of rotation minus curve (Smaller radius)

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How to find volume of a washer

Pie times integral from A to B R²-r²

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Area of a square (Volume)

A = S²

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Area of a equilateral triangle (Volume)

A = root(3)/4 S²

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What is “S” in a volume equation?

Top-Bottom or Right-Left

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Area of a Semicircle (Volume)

A = pie/8 s²

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Area of a Rectangle (Volume)

A = SH

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Area of a Triangle (Volume)

A = ½ S H

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Formula for integration by parts

uv - integral (v du)

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Spell out ILATE

Inverse trig, logarithmic, algebraic, trig, exponential

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When to use tabular method?

Polynomial times e^x, sin(x), cos(x)

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If f is continuous on [a,b], then we are going to hit every single y-value between f(a) and f(b)

Intermediate value theorem

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“where does the instantaneous rate of change equal the average rate of change?”

MVT or Rolle’s theorem

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How to check when instant ROC equals average ROC

f’© = f(b)-f(a) / b-a

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How to find the average of a function?

1/ b - a times integral from a to b f(x) dx

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Trapezoidal sum

A = 1/2H(b1 plus b2)

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What does H represent in a trapezoidal sum?

The width

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What does the base represent in a trapezoidal sum?

The height

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How to find speed in parametric/vector

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How to find speed in rectangular?

Absolute value of velocity

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How to find total distance traveled in rectangular

Integral from a to b of absolute value of velocity

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how to find total distance traveled/arc length in parametric/vector

integral from a to b of speed

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What is displacement?

End - Beginning

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How to find displacement in rectangular

integral from a to b of velocity

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When is a particle at rest in rectangular?

v(t) = 0

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When is a particle at rest in parametric/vector

x’(t) = 0 AND y’(t) = 0

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Slope of a tangent line in parametric

dy/dt / dx/dt - two seperate derivatives

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how to find second derivative in parametric

Deriv of dy/dx over dx/dt (original)

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What is the area formula for polar?

½ times the integral from a to b of r(theta) squared

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What is the arc length formula for rectangular?

integral from a to b of square root 1 plus (f’)²

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What is the arc length formula for polar?

Integral from a to b of square root r² plus (r’)²

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Maclaurin series for sin(x)

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Maclaurin series for cos(x)

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Maclaurin series for e^x

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Maclaurin series for 1/1-x

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