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How do rectangles that overshoot and undershoot a curve add up, in the limit, to the exact area under it?
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The definite integral as area
Write the notation, name the limits and , and state the region it measures: above the -axis, below , over .
The three-step procedure
List the steps (divide into rectangles, add their areas, take the limit as they get thin), and sketch a staircase showing where rectangles overshoot and fall short of the curve.
Rectangle sum for on
With right-endpoint rectangles of base , tabulate the heights , write the full sum, and factor it into .