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Is calculus 1 the same as calculus ab?

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Answer:

Short answer: Not quite. Calculus AB covers more (and goes more in-depth) than Calculus 1.

Long answer:

The AP Calculus AB test covers differentiation (taking derivatives) and integration (taking antiderivatives). In college, Calculus 1 mostly covers only differentiation and Calculus 2 covers integration and series.

I like to think of it like this:
A = Differentiation
B = Integration
C = Series

So Calculus AB covers differentiation and integration and Calculus BC covers integration and series.

College is more like:
Calc 1 = A
Calc 2 = B&C

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