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The amount of “space” (area) should be the same in each case, right? And how much space does a ring use? For each distinct quadratic factor in the denominator, add a partial fraction of the following form: if I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child’s natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn’t possibly do as good a job as is currently being done — I simply wouldn’t have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul-crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education.” The first factor in the denominator is linear, but the second is quadratic and can’t be decomposed to linear factors. So set up your partial fractions as follows: To help keep everything straight, organize integration-by-parts problems with a box like the one in the above figure. Draw an empty 2-by-2 box, then put your u, ln(x), in the upper-left corner and your dv,

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To start out, see how far you can get by plugging in the roots of equations. Begin by getting a common denominator on the right side of the equation: We have rings going from radius 0 to up to “r”. For each possible radius (0 to r), we just place the unrolled ring at that location. A surface of revolution is a three-dimensional surface with circular cross sections, like a vase or a bell, or a wine bottle. This article, and the video, show you how to find its area. This time, you add 0 to the integral, which doesn’t change its value. At this point, you can split the integral in two: When g'(x) = f(x), you can use the substitution u = g(x) to integrate expressions of the form f(x) multiplied by h(g(x)), provided that h is a function that you already know how to integrate.The key insight here is that the numerator of this fraction is the derivative of the inner function in the denominator. Watch how this plays out in this substitution: The square root of two equals about 1.4, so there are inflection points at about (-1.4, 39.6), (0, 0), and about (1.4, -39.6). Variable substitution helps to fill the gaps left by the absence of a Product Rule and a Chain Rule for integration. By the way, in the above explanation, you might be wondering why the width of the rectangular band is Notice that the derivative of x4 – 1 is x3, off by a constant factor. So here’s the declaration, followed by the differentiation:

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Considering learning Calculus, READ THE REVIEW ) (Also, I recommend reading this 2 times, first read the book understanding the basics and concept, then second time you would actually read the book.) -you'll see why that in a minute The area of the mean value rectangle — which is the same as the area under the curve — equals length times width, or base times height, right? It’s because the little band width is slanted instead of horizontal (in which case it would be just dx). The fact that it’s slanted makes it work like the hypotenuse of a little right triangle. The fancy-looking expression for the width of the band comes from working out the length of this hypotenuse with the Pythagorean Theorem. That should make you feel a lot better! Poetry is similar. Imagine studying this quote (formula): This above all: to thine own self be true,

The number of distinct quadratic factors in the denominator tells you how many partial fractions you get. So in this example, two factors in the denominator yield two partial fractions. Unfortunately, calculus can epitomize what’s wrong with math education. Most lessons feature contrived examples, arcane proofs, and memorization that body slam our intuition & enthusiasm. Generally speaking, when a linear factor is raised to the nth power, add n partial fractions. For example, suppose that you want to integrate the following expression: