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This document discusses several topics related to area, sums, and integrals including: estimating the area of a circle using inscribed or circumscribed rectangles; using sigma notation to represent sums; properties of linearity for sequences; and special sum formulas for expressions like 1+4+9+16+...+625. It provides examples of calculating sums and estimating areas under curves using rectangles.

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This document discusses several topics related to area, sums, and integrals including: estimating the area of a circle using inscribed or circumscribed rectangles; using sigma notation to represent sums; properties of linearity for sequences; and special sum formulas for expressions like 1+4+9+16+...+625. It provides examples of calculating sums and estimating areas under curves using rectangles.

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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.

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