Introduction to Area
Area of a Polygon:
Estimating the area of a circle:
Sums and Sigma Notation
1+2+3+4+...+ 100 =
2+4+6+8+....+ 1000 =
1+4+9+16+....+ 625=
= Sigma, the capitol Greek letter called "sigma";
It means summation.
i = index
Linearity of
Let
denote two sequences and c is a real number.
(i)
(ii)
Special Sum Formulas
EX 1
EX 2
EX 5
Change the variable in the index to start at 1.
Collapsing Sum
EX 3
EX 4
We will estimate the area under a curve using inscribed or circumscribed rectangles.
EX 6
For f(x)=3x-1, divide the interval [1,3] into 4 equal subintervals.
Calculate the area of the circumscribed rectangles.