179k views
5 votes
The area (A) under a curve is equal to the sum of the areas of n rectangles, taking the limit as n approaches infinity. Which is the correct mathematical representation of the area?What's the answer? A,BC, or D?

The area (A) under a curve is equal to the sum of the areas of n rectangles, taking-example-1
User Spaark
by
8.1k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer:

The answer is A in the picture above

Explanation:

I took the test with 100 percent, im confident in my answer.

have a great day

User Sofr
by
7.7k points
6 votes

The area of each k-th rectangle is


\begin{gathered} f(x_k)\cdot\Delta x_{} \\ \\ \text{where }f(x_k)\text{ is the height of rectangle k, and }\Delta x\text{ is the side of each rectangle} \end{gathered}

Thus, after summing the areas of the n rectangles, we obtain:


\sum ^n_(k=1)(f(x_k)\cdot\Delta x_{})

Then, to find the area under the curve we need to take the limit as n approaches infinity. So, we obtain:


\lim _(n\to\infty)\sum ^n_(k=1)(f(x_k)\cdot\Delta x_{})

Therefore, option A is correct.

User StackG
by
7.9k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories