Pre-Work:
Watch & Note Brightstorm’s videos:
Note: Write a statement for each example indicating what the answer means. For example: If you get an answer of 240 gnomes/year, you would say "The Gnome population is growing at a rate of 240 Gnomes/year". This is necessary in order to receive full credit on an AP Calculus exam question.
1) Average Rate of Change
Definition and Example ARC From Table
Problem 2 : ARC from Equation
Problem 3: ARC from Graph
2) Watch and Notes Instantaneous Rate of Change
3) Complete the attached Pre-Quiz in your notebook (see attached file).
4) Submit your pre-work in Google Classroom.
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Password: apcalculus
Agenda:
Think About It
Discussion + Notes
Practice
Class work- See attached PDF below
Additional Resources:
AVERAGE RATE OF CHANGE:
IntegralCALC - Video!
Average Rate of Change Practice Problems
Average Rate of Change Walk Through
INSTANTANEOUS RATE OF CHANGE:
Remember, we want the speed of the bullet at an EXACT moment in time, not it's "average" speed!
Instantaneous Rate of Change Visual Concept