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The steps for working linearization problems are:
1. Identify the equation
2. Use the formula f(x)+f ' (x)dx
3. Determine your dx in the problem
4. Then determine your x in the problem
5. Plug in everything you get
6. Solve the equation

Example problem:(sr=square root) Use differentiability to approximate sr(4.5)
f(x)=sr(x) sr(4)+(1/2 sr(4) )(.5)=1.125sr(x)+(1/2 sr(x) )
dx error=.005
dx=.5
x=4

The next topic I will talk about is integration. Integration finds the area under a curve. The Riemann sum approximates the area using the rectangles or trapezoids. The Riemanns Sums are:
LRAM-Left hand approximation=delta x[f(a)+f(a+delta x)+...f(b-delta x)]
RRAM-Right hand approximation=delta x[f(a+delta x)+...f(b)]
MRAM-Middle approximation=delta x[f(mid)+f(mid)+...]
Trapezoidal-delta x/2[f(a)+2f(a+delta x)+2f(a+2 delta x)+...f(b)]
delta x=b-a/number of subintervals

Example problem: Find the area of f(x)x-3 on the interval [0,2] with 4 subintervals.

delta x=2-0/4=1/2
LRAM=1/2[f(0)+f(1/2)+f(1)+f(3/2)]1/2[-3+-5/2+-2+-3/2]1/2[-9]= -9/2
RRAM=1/2[f(1/2)+f(1)+(3/2)+f(2)]1/2[-5/2+-2+-3/2+-1]1/2[-7]= -7/2
MRAM=1/2[f(1/4)+f(3/4)+f(5/4)+f(7/4)]1/2[-11/4+-9/4+-7/4+-5/4]1/2[-8]=4
Trapezoidal=1/4[f(0)+2f(1/2)+2f(1)+2f(7/2)+f(2)]1/4[-3+-10/2+-4+-6/2+-1]1/4[-16]= 4


Equation of a tangent line:
Take the derivative and plug in the x value.
If you are not given a y value, plug into the original equation to get the y value.
then plug those numbers into point slope form: y − y1 = m(x − x1)

Finding critical values:
To find critical values, first take the derivative of the function and set it equal to zero, solve for x. The answers you get for x are your critical values.

Absolute extrema:
If you are given a point, plug those numbers into the original function to get another number. Alos, solve for critical values and plug those into the original function. Once you get your second numbers, you set each pair into new sets of points. The highest point is the absolute max and the smallest point is the absolute min.

volume by disks:

the formula is pi times the integral of the [function given] squared times dx. so just solve it by taking the integral of it and then pluging in the numbers they give you. just like before you'll have two numbers so whatever the answer is for the top one will be first and then you subtract the answer you get for the bottom one. then graph

volume by washers:

the formla is pie times the integral of the [top function] squared minus the [bottom function] squared times dx. so to do this, if you don't have the in between number you have to set the functions equal, but if you do, then it's worked the same way as above. square the formula's that were given and simplify. then take the integral of it and plug in the numbers they give you or you found by setting the formulas equal to each other and then solve like any other one by subracting them. then graph.


okay so i am super confused about all those table problems on free response ....help!!!!!