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Calculus I Cheat Sheet

Pre-Calculus Essentials

**Factoring Rules**

- Difference of Squares: a^2 - b^2 = (a - b)(a + b)

- Quadratic Trinomials: ax^2 + bx + c = (px + q)(rx + s)

- Common Factor: Extract the greatest common factor from all terms.

**Fraction Operations**

- Simplify: Reduce by common factors.

- Addition/Subtraction: Use a common denominator.

- Multiplication/Division: Multiply numerators/denominators; reciprocate for division.

**Exponent Rules**

- Product Rule: a^m * a^n = a^(m+n)

- Quotient Rule: a^m / a^n = a^(m-n)

- Power Rule: (a^m)^n = a^(mn)

- Zero Exponent: a^0 = 1, a != 0

**Roots and Radicals**

- Simplification: sqrt(a^2) = |a|

- Multiplication: sqrt(a) * sqrt(b) = sqrt(ab)

- Division: sqrt(a/b) = sqrt(a) / sqrt(b)

**Trigonometry Basics**

- Common Values: sin(0) = 0, sin(pi/2) = 1; similar for cosine.

- Pythagorean Identity: sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 1


- Angle Sum/Difference: sin(a ± b) = sin(a)cos(b) ± cos(a)sin(b)
Calculus I Essentials

**Limits**

- Definition: lim(x -> a) f(x) = L

- Common Techniques:

- Factor and simplify.

- Use lim(x -> 0) (sin(x)/x) = 1 and lim(x -> infinity) (1/x) = 0.

**Derivatives**

- Power Rule: d/dx[x^n] = n*x^(n-1)

- Product Rule: d/dx[u*v] = u'*v + u*v'

- Quotient Rule: d/dx[u/v] = (u'*v - u*v') / v^2

- Chain Rule: d/dx[f(g(x))] = f'(g(x))*g'(x)

**Integrals**

- Indefinite Integral: int(x^n dx) = (x^(n+1)) / (n+1) + C, n != -1

- Definite Integral: int_a^b f(x)dx = F(b) - F(a)

- Substitution Rule: Set u = g(x), then int(f(g(x))g'(x) dx) = int(f(u) du).

**Applications**

- Tangents/Normals: Slope at x = a is f'(a); equation y - f(a) = f'(a)(x - a).

- Areas: int_a^b f(x) dx, difference between curves.

- Volumes (Revolution): V = pi * int_a^b [f(x)]^2 dx.

**Important Functions**

- Exponentials: d/dx[e^x] = e^x

- Logarithms: d/dx[ln(x)] = 1/x, x > 0


**Continuity**

- A function f(x) is continuous at x = a if lim(x -> a) f(x) = f(a).

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