Integration
= Use sigma notation to write and evaluate a sum.
= Understand the concept of area.
= Approximate the area of a plane region.
1 Find the area of a plane region using limits.This section begins by introducing a concise notation for
‘sums. This notation is called sigma notation because it
Uses the uppercase Greok letter sigma, written as,
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From parts (a) and (b), notice thatthe same sum can be
represented indifferent ways using sigma notation,
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‘The following properties of summation can be derived
using the Associative and Commutative Properties of
‘Adgition and the Distributive Property of Addition over
Multiplication. (In the first property, kis a constant.)
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‘The following theorem lists some useful formulas for sums
of powers,
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‘The folowing theorom cts some useful formulas for sums
of poms.
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Solution:
Applying Theorem 4.2, you can write
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Now you can evaluate the sum by substituting the
appropriate values of 7, as shown in the table.Example 2: Evaluating a Sum Try It 2
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Evaluate for n = 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000. Batis $5" for n= 10,100, 1,00, 10.000,‘Once you know now to find he area ofa tangle. you can
In Euclidean geometry, the simplest type of plane region is. ‘determing the aoa of any polygon by subavng the
a rectangle. Dolgon ino angular regions as shown in Figue 48,
‘Athough people often say that the formula for the area of a
rectangle is A = bh, itis actually more proper to say that
this is the definion of the area of a rectangle.
From this definition, you can develop formulas for the areas
of many other plane regions.
Fining the areas of rogions othr than polygons i more
From this dofnton, you can develop formula forthe ares Gifcult The ancient Gracks were abe fo determine
of many othe plane regions formulas forthe erees of some general region (orncipay
‘hose bounded by conics} bythe exhaustion method
For example, to detormine the area of tangle, you can
form a rectangle whose area is twice that ofthe tangle, as ‘The clearest descripsion of this mated was given by
shown in Figure 45. ‘Archimedes. Essentaly, the mathod isa tnting process in
‘which he afea is squeezed between two palyoons—one
inaerbed in the region and one cxeumscrived about the
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Use the five rectangles in Figure 4.8(a) and (b) to find two
approximations of the area of the region lying between the
graph of f(x) = -x? + 5 and the x-axis between x = 0
and x= 2.
For each value of n, the area ofthe inscribed polygon is
less than the area ofthe crcl, andthe area ofthe
‘ircumscribed polygon is greater than the area of he cri.
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Moreover, a8 increases, the areas ofboth polygons
become better and better approximations ofthe area ofthe
circle.The right endpoints ofthe fve intervals are
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graph of f(x) = -x? + 5 and the x-axis between x= 0. whore i= 1,2, 3,4, 5.
and x = 2. ‘The width of each rectangle is 2, and the height of each
rectangle can be obtained by evaluating fat the right
‘endpoint of eac interval
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Because each ofthe five rectangles lies inside the
parabolic region, you can conclude thatthe area of the
parabolic region is greater than 6.48,Use the five rectangles in Figure 4.8(a) and (b) to find two ‘The It endpoints ofthe five intervals are 5-1),
approximations of the area of the region lying between the f0- 0 amet
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Because the parabolic region lies within the union ofthe
five rectangular regions, you can conclude thatthe area of
the parabolic region i less than 8.08,
By combining the results in pats (a) and (b), you can
‘conclude that 6.48 < (Area of region) < 8.08.Try It3
Use the eight rectangles in the figure to find two approximations of the area of the
region lying between the graph of
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and the x-axis between x = 0 and x = 2.
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3685Consider a plane region bounded above by the graph of
ronnegative, continuous function y= f(x), 28 shown in
Figure 49
‘Te region is bounded below by the x-axs, and the lft and
right Boundaries ofthe region are the vertical lines x= a
‘and x= b,
‘To approximate the area ofthe region, begin by subeviaing
‘he interval [a 8] nto.» subintervals, each of width
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‘The endpoints of the intervals are as follows.
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