Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.

Example Problems
Function is continuous and decreasing.
We're interested in the
area under the curve between and , and we're considering using left and right Riemann sums to approximate it.

Order the following areas from least (on the left) to greatest (on the right).
Actual area under the curve
Left Riemann sum
Right Riemann sum
Function g is continuous and increasing.
We're interested in the
area under the curve between and , and we're considering using left and right Riemann sums to approximate it.

Order the following areas from least (on the left) to greatest (on the right).
Actual area under the curve
Left Riemann sum
Right Riemann sum
This table gives select values of the continuous and increasing function .
xf(x)
-717
-524
-334
-140


We're interested in the
area under the curve between and , and we're considering using left and right Riemann sums, each with three equal subdivisions, to approximate it.

Order the following areas from least (on the left) to greatest (on the right).
Area Type
Actual area under the curve
Left Riemann sum
Right Riemann sum
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