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Definite Integrals Finding areas using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus The Definite Integral Definition: The definite integral of f(x) from x=a to x=b is Really, the definite integral computes the area under the curve by adding up the area of an ‘infinite’ number of rectangles Riemann Sums Become The Definite Integral Increase the number of rectangle to get closer to the area under the curve Computing Definite Integrals One approach is to compute a left or right Riemann sum for large numbers (~100) of rectangles. Computing Riemann Sums A Better Way Of course, you wouldn’t want to do this a lot (unless you have to) The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus says that if you want to compute find a function F(x) so that F0(x) = f(x). Then Using the FTC Any antiderivative F(x) will do so pick the one with C=0 Ex: Evaluate Another Example Evaluate s01 e2xdx. Solution: First, find an antiderivative of e2x. This is F(x) = (1/2)e2x (why?). Now compute that s01 e2xdx = F(1)-F(0) = (1/2)e2 – (1/2)e0 = e2/2-1/2 = 3.1945…