Are you ready for calculus?

This packet is for incoming calculus AB and BC students. It gives you a feel for the types of skills
typically required in our study of calculus. This packet is due on the second day of class next year. Do
not put this packet off until the end of summer, but rather work a few problems per week. The efforts
you put in now learning or relearning these concepts, the easier your transition into the wonderful
world of calculus will be. If you have any questions regarding these questions or calculus in general,
please email me at mrkorpi@korpisworld.com Have a great summer.—Korpi (p.s. this document is also
available at www.korpisworld.com )

Directions: Clearly work out each problem on a separate sheet of paper without using a calculator.
1 1

3
x  9x 2
x  2x  8 x 5 9  x 2
1. Simplify: a) b) c) d)
x 2  7 x  12 x 3  x 2  2x 1 1 3  x 1

x 2 25
2 4 1
2. Rationalize the denominator: a) b) c)
3 2 1 5 1 3  5
3. p q
Write each of the following expressions in the form ca b where c, p and q are numbers:


a) 2a 2 3 a 2 / b  ab  a a 1  a2/3 
2
 b2/3 
b
b) 9ab 3 c)
3/ a
d) 2
b b
e)
b 1
 a
f) 


 b1 / 2 


 a1 / 2




4. Solve for x without a calculator:
1
a) 5  x 1  25
2 x2
b)  3 c) log 2 x  3 d) log 3 x 2  2 log 3 4  4 log 3 5
3
 
5. Simplify: a) log 2 5  log 2 x 2  1  log 2  x  1 b) 2 log 4 9  log 2 3 c) 3 2 log3 5


6. Simplify: a ) log10 101 / 2   1 
b) log10  x  c) 2 log10 x  3 log10 x1 / 3
 10 
7. Solve the following equations for the indicated variables.
x y z
a)    1 , for a b) V  2 ab  bc  ca  , for a c) A  2r 2  2rh , for positive r
a b c
2x 1 x
d) A  P  nrP , for P e) 2 x  2 yd  y  xd , for d f)   0 , for x
4 2
8. For the equations
a) y  x 2  4 x  3 b) 3 x 2  3 x  2 y  0 c) 9 y 2  6 y  9  x  0
complete the square and reduce to one of the standard forms y  b  A( x  a ) 2 or x  a  A( y  b) 2 .
9. Factor completely: a) x 6  16x 4 b) 4 x 3  8 x 2  25 x  50 c) 8 x 3  27 d) x 4  1
10. Find all real solutions to: a) x 6  16 x 4  0 b) 4 x 3  8 x 2  25 x  50  0 c) 8 x 3  27  0
11. Solve for x: a) 3 sin 2 x  cos 2 x ; 0  x  2 b) cos 2 x  sin 2 x  sin x ;   x  
c) tan x  sec x  2 cos x ;   x  
12. Without using a calculator, evaluate the following:
5 9 3
a) cos 210  b) sin c) Tan 1 ( 1) d) Arc sin(1) e) cos f) Sin 1 g) tan
4 4 2
7
h) Cos 1 (1)
6
13. Knowing what the graph of y  sin x looks like, sketch the graphs of :
    x 1
a) y sin  x   b) y  sin   c) y  2 sin x d) y  cos x e) y 
 4 4 sin x
 5 x 1 x
14. Solve the equations: a) 4 x 2  12 x  3  0 b) 2 x  1  c)  0
x2 x x 1
15. Find the remainders on division of
a) x 5  4 x 4  x 3  7 x  1 by x  2 b) x 5  x 4  x 3  2 x 2  x  4 by x 3  1
16. a) The equation 12 x 3  23 x 2  3 x  2  0 has a solution x  2 . Find all other solutions.
b) Solve for x, the equation 12 x 3  8 x 2  x  1  0 . (All solutions are rational and between 1 .)
2x 1
17. Solve the inequalities: a) x 2  2 x  3  0 b)  1 c) x 2  x  1  0
3x  2
2x 1
18. Solve for x: a)  1 b) 5 x  2  8 c) 2 x  1  x  3
3x  1
19. Determine the equations of the following lines:
a) The line through  1,3 and  2,4  .
b) The line through  1,2  and normal to the line 2 x  3 y  5  0 .
c) The line through  2,3 and the midpoint of the line segment from  1,4  to  3,2  .
20. a) Find the point of intersection of the lines: 3 x  y  7  0 and x  5 y  3  0 .
b) Shade the region in the xy  plane that is described by the inequalities 
3 x  y  7  0
x  5 y  3  0

21. Find the equations of the following circles:

a) the circle with center at 1,2  that passes through the point  2,1 .
b) The circle that passes through the origin and has intercepts equal to 1 and 2 on the x- and y- axes, respectfully.
22. For the circle x 2  y 2  6 x  4 y  3  0 , find:
a) the center and radius b) the equation of the tangent line at  2,5
23. A circle is tangent to the y-axis at y  3 and has one x-intercept at x  1 .
a) Determine the other x-intercept. b) Deduce the equation of the circle.
24. A curve is traced by a point P ( x, y ) which moves such that its distance from the point A(1,1) is three times its
distance from the point B ( 2,1) . Determine the equation of the curve.
3x  1
25. a) Find the domain of the function f ( x)  .
x2  x  2
5x  3
b) Find the domain and range of the functions: i) f ( x )  7 ii) g ( x) 
2x  1
x 1, x  0
26. Let f ( x)  . Show that f ( x)  
 1, x  0 . Find the domain and range of f ( x ) .
x
f ( x  h)  f ( x ) 1
27. Simplify , where a) f ( x )  2 x  3 b) f ( x )  c) f ( x )  x 2 .
h x 1
28. The graph of the function y  f (x ) is given as follows:
Determine the graphs of the following functions:

a) f ( x  1) b) f (  x ) c) f ( x) d) f  x 
e) f  x 

29. Sketch the graphs of the functions : a) g ( x )  3 x  2 b) h( x)  x( x  1) .

30. a) The graph of a quadratic function (a parabola) has x-intercepts 1 and 3, and a range consisting of all numbers less
than or equal to 4. Determine an expression for the function.
b) Sketch the graph of the quadratic function y  2 x 2  4 x  3 .
31. Write as a single equation in x and y:
 x  t  1 
x 
3
t 1  x  sin t
a) 


y  t
2
 t b) 
y  t 2
 t
c) 
 y  cos t

32. Find the inverse of the functions:

x2
a) f ( x )  2 x  3 b) f ( x)  c) f ( x)  x 2  2 x  1, x  0
5x  1

33.
A function f (x ) has the graph to the right.
1
Sketch the graph of the inverse function f ( x)
.

34. Express x in terms of the other variables in the picture.

a) b)

35. a) Find the ratio of the area inside the square but outside the circle to the area of the square in picture a) below.
a) b)

b) Find a formula for i) the perimeter and ii) the area of the Norman Window of the shape in picture b) above.
c) A water tank has the shape of a cone (like an ice cream cone without ice cream). The tank is 10m high and has a
radius of 3m at the top. If the water is 5m deep (in the middle), what is the surface area of the top of the water?
 d) Two cars start moving from the same point. One travels south at 100km/hr, the other west at 50km/hr. How far
apart are they two hours later?
e) A kite is 100m above the ground. If there are 200m of string out, what is the angle between the string and the
horizontal? (Assume the string is perfectly straight).
36. You should know the following trigonometric identities.
a) sin(  x )   sin x b) cos( x  y )  cos x cos y  sin x sin y c) cos(  x )  cos x
d) sin( x  y )  sin x cos y  cos x sin y
Use these to derive the following important identities, which you should also know.
a) sin 2 x  cos 2 x  1 b) sin 2 x  2 sin x cos x c) cos 2 x  cos 2 x  sin 2 x

d) cos 2 x  2 cos 2 x  1 e) cos 2 x  1  2 sin 2 x f) sin 2 x  1 / 21  cos 2 x  g)

cos 2
x  1 / 21  cos 2 x 
 1  5  8  1 5 8  1  5 8
37. a)      b)          c)         
 2  6  5   2  6 5  2  6 5
 
38. If F ( x)  x 1 / 2 x 2 / 3 , then F 2 6 
2
39. The minimum value of x  2 x  3 is ?

40. ln e 3 / e 4 = 
4  x2
41. lim 
x 2 x 2  3x  2
42. Consider the following functions. Determine algebraically if they are Even, Odd, or Neither
x
a) y  2 b) y  x 3  2 x c) y  x 3  2 x  1 d) y  x 3  2 x 2  x  1 e) y  x 4  x 2  1
x 1
x2 3x
f) y  4 g) y  3
2 x  2x
x  2x  1
43. A particle moves along a curve whose position is defined by the equation s (t )  2 sin t , t  0 , where t is in seconds
and s (t ) is in feet. Assuming the particle begins at t  0 ,
a) what is the particle’s average velocity during the first 5 seconds?
b) What is the first value of t for which the particle’s average velocity is zero?
44. How many degrees is  radians?
1
45. If sin    and cos   0 , then find tan  .
10
   2 
46. sin   cos 
6
   3 
1 c
47. If c  and d  5 , then ?
3 d c
3 1
48. How much is of ?
4 5
49. a) If $50 is increased by 10 percent, how much is the new amount? b) If this new amount is then decreased by 10
percent, how much is the new amount?
50. 3 3  2 27  4 12 =?
51. Solve the following:
a) 7 x  11  0 b) 7 x  11  6 c) 7 x  11  11 d) 7 x  11  x  6
(calculator OK)
52. Find the area of a rectangle whose sides are 12 ft and 8  18 ft .  
53. Solve the system in the interval [0,2 ) :

 y  sin
2
x  cos 2 x

 x    cos
 1
y
.
54. Write using (i) roster notation and (ii) set-builder notation.
a) The set A of whole numbers less than 4.
i)
ii)
b) The set F of integers greater than or equal to 15.
i)
 ii)
c) The set N of negative integers greater than –5.
i)
ii)
d) The set Q of real numbers between 4 and 8.
i)
ii)

55. Write using interval notation.

a) All real numbers greater than 3 and less than or equal to 12.
b) All real numbers greater than 0.
c) All real numbers less than or equal to 0.
d) All real numbers less than or equal to 5 and greater than or equal to –5.
e) All real numbers less than 2 and greater than 3 (careful!)
f) All real numbers less than 2 or greater than 3.

56. Write using interval notation the (i) domain and (ii) the range to the following functions.
1
a) f ( x ) 
x
i)
ii)
b) g ( x )  x  2
i)
ii)
c) s ( )  sin 
i)
ii)
d) t ( x)  ln x
i)
ii)
57. Let f ( x )  x  2 and g ( x )  5 x  3 , find:
a) f (g (2)) b)  g  f  (4) c) f ( f (1)) d) f ( g ( x ))
2
58. Given f ( x )   x  , g ( x )  2 x , and h( x )  . Find the following:
x
a) f  g  3.1 (careful!) b) f  g  x  c)  f  h  x  d)  h  f  x  e) f ( g ( h( x )))
4 2 3
n 1
59. Expand and simplify: a)  2
b)  n3
n 0 n 1
     
60. Given the vectors v  2i  5 j and w  3i  4 j , determine:
1     
a) v b) w  v c) w d) unit vector of v
2
61. Sketch a graph each of the following polar graphs:

a) r2 b) r  3 sec  c) r  1 sin  d) r  2 cos 3 e)  
4