Rectangular Approximation Methods

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Objective

SWBAT estimate areas under functions using LRAM, RRAM and MRAM.

Computing area under linear functions is easy. But what about curvy functions? Summing an infinite number of rectangles offers a solution.

Lesson Author

Jason Slowbe

Temecula, CA

Grade Level

Twelfth grade

Subjects

Math

rectangle approximations

Precalculus and Calculus

Integrals

Riemann Sum

Standards

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

Attend to precision.

25 minutes

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