The area problem

Math 123 Chapter 5

The
Area Problem.
Determine the area under a curve above the -axis from .

 The
Area Problem.
Determine the area under a curve above the -axis from .
sing many rectangles, estimate the bounded area under the curve.

WIDTH of each rectangle
should be the same, take
the entire width of the
interval, , and divide by
the number of rectangles, ,
that you want to use.

IF using 4 rectangles,
this example


HEIGHT of each rectangle
Left:
is determined by plugging
an -value well call into the
function .

Your values depend on if

you want to use left, mid, or
right endpoints to draw the
Mid:
rectangle.

Therefore height of each

rectangle, where denotes
which rectangle (ie 1st,
2nd, 3rd, and so on to nth ),
will be

Right:
 Right:

HEIGHT of each rectangle

is determined by plugging
an -value well call into the
function .

Your values depend on if
you want to use left, mid, or
right endpoints to draw the
rectangle.

Therefore height of each

rectangle, where denotes
which rectangle (ie 1st,
2nd, 3rd, and so on to nth ),
will be


Estimate the area under a curve above the -axis from using 4 rectangles
built using right endpoints.

Area of a rectangle = height*width

Estimate area under the curve = sum of the areas of
the rectangles
Estimated area =
=

Estimate the area under a curve above the -axis from using 4 rectangles
built using right endpoints.

NOW USING SUMMATION NOTATION


Estimate the area under a curve above the -axis from using 4 rectangles
built using right endpoints.

Estimated area =


Estimated area =

= Estimated Area

Exact area = the limit of the Riemann Sum as n
approaches infinity


Exact area = the limit of the Riemann Sum as n
approaches infinity

Exact area = the limit of the Riemann Sum as n
approaches infinity

Exact
area bounded under the curve above the x-axis over
is 2 units square.