Definite Integration

Summary

one of the uses of integration is to find the area between a curve and the x-axis.

these areas are found be evaluating a definite integral.

when anti-differentiating the result is a function .

when evaluating a definite integral the answer is a number.

a definite integral is calculated by integrating a function between two values, called the limits of integration. these two values are substituted into the integrated function and the difference taken.

 

Key Skills

evaluate definite integrals.

Vocabulary

definite integraldefinite integration, limits of integrationarbitrary constantanti-differentiation.