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Unit 3

AP Calculus AB Unit 3: Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions

5–10% of the multiple-choice section · 6 topics

The chain rule, implicit differentiation, derivatives of inverse functions and inverse trigonometric functions, and higher-order derivatives.

Topics

  1. 3.1The Chain Rule
  2. 3.2Implicit Differentiation
  3. 3.3Differentiating Inverse Functions
  4. 3.4Differentiating Inverse Trigonometric Functions
  5. 3.5Selecting Procedures for Calculating Derivatives
  6. 3.6Calculating Higher-Order Derivatives

Unit check

10 questions drawn from every lesson in Unit 3. Each wrong answer links back to where the idea is taught.

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