Test 4 Topics

You should be able to:

  • Explain what is meant by an antiderivative of the function . (Section 6.1)
  • Compute all possible antiderivatives for a given function (Section 6.1)
    • Compute a particular antiderivative F(x) given F(a) = b. (Section 6.1see problems 41-47)
  • Explain what is the indefinite integral of given function (Section 6.1)
    • Properties of the indefinite integral:
      • (Section 6.1)
  • Compute the indefinite integral of various functions including (this is not an exhaustive list):
    • , where
    • exponential functions of the form
  • Compute a definite integral using substitution (Section 9.1)
  • You should be able to compute the definite integral for various functions. (Section 6.1)
    • You should know how interpret displacement in the context of a definite integral (Section 6.2, see example 6 and problem 31 and 33)
  • Explain the geometric interpretation of the definite integral when . (Answer: The area under the graph of .) (Section 6.3)
  • Compute the Riemann Sum of a function in order to approximate the area under the graph of a function. (Section 6.3)
    • Using left endpoints
    • Using right endpoints
  • Compute area of the region bounded between the graph of a function and the -axis. (Section 6.4)