Session 44: Adding Areas of Rectangles

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By dividing a region up into thinner and thinner rectangles, we can describe its area as a limit of sums of rectangle areas. Even when using summation notation, this process can be time consuming.

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» Clip 1: Example: f(x)= x² (17 min)
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From Lecture 18 of 18.01 Single Variable Calculus, Fall 2006

» Clip 2: Summation Notation (4 min)
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From Lecture 18 of 18.01 Single Variable Calculus, Fall 2006

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Summation Notation Practice

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