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Princeton Review AP Calculus BC, Chapter 10: Applications of Integration

Average Value of Functions

  • Remember that to calculate the average we add everything up and then divide!

    • The integral is the summation of everything, so we can use it to find the average of a function!

    • The only thing we have to change is by dividing our integral!

  • For example, if we had the interval 0 to 40, we can take the integral of our function and divide it by our interval! So it would be 1/40 * ∫f(x)


Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

  • Similar to how we can go from position → velocity using the derivative, we can do the reverse using the integral!

Displacement

∫v(t)

Position

∫|v(t)|(Absolute value)

Velocity

∫a(t)

  • Remember that the FTC still applies, for example velocity will be equal to ∫a(t) from a to b which is: ∫a(t) = v(b) - v(a)

Area Between Two Curves

  • The integral gives us the area below a function

    • Therefore, we can subtract the area of one function and another to get the area between the two!

  • Finding this area is pretty simple, all we have to do is integrate the top function & subtract the bottom function!

  • We need to take the integral from where the functions start (normally zero) to where they intersect

    • For the problem we would have ∫5x-x^2 from 0 to 4 - ∫x from 0 to 4

    • Most all problems for area between two curves will be similar to this

Volume by Cross Sectional Area

  • We get a 2D shape from the area under a curve, if we rotate this shape → we get a 3D object

  • To find the area we just integrate the volume formula!

    • What is the formula for finding the volume of a shape using integrals?

      To find the volume of a shape using integrals, we use the formula for the cross-sectional area (length times width) and multiply it by the height, which is represented by the variable "dx" in the integral. Therefore, the formula for the volume of a rectangular shape using integrals is:

      V = ∫(length x width) dx

      where V is the volume, and the integral is taken over the range of the height of the shape.

    • That would give us the volume for a rectangle (because their area is just l * w)

  • The majority of the time, when we are integrating a curve, we get discs or circles

    • Therefore, we can almost always use the disc method to find our volume

    • We know that the area of a circle is πr^2

    • So using our integral we would have V = ∫πr^2

  • You can combine this with area between two curves problems and have ∫πR^2 - ∫πr^2]

Princeton Review AP Calculus BC, Chapter 10: Applications of Integration

Average Value of Functions

  • Remember that to calculate the average we add everything up and then divide!

    • The integral is the summation of everything, so we can use it to find the average of a function!

    • The only thing we have to change is by dividing our integral!

  • For example, if we had the interval 0 to 40, we can take the integral of our function and divide it by our interval! So it would be 1/40 * ∫f(x)


Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

  • Similar to how we can go from position → velocity using the derivative, we can do the reverse using the integral!

Displacement

∫v(t)

Position

∫|v(t)|(Absolute value)

Velocity

∫a(t)

  • Remember that the FTC still applies, for example velocity will be equal to ∫a(t) from a to b which is: ∫a(t) = v(b) - v(a)

Area Between Two Curves

  • The integral gives us the area below a function

    • Therefore, we can subtract the area of one function and another to get the area between the two!

  • Finding this area is pretty simple, all we have to do is integrate the top function & subtract the bottom function!

  • We need to take the integral from where the functions start (normally zero) to where they intersect

    • For the problem we would have ∫5x-x^2 from 0 to 4 - ∫x from 0 to 4

    • Most all problems for area between two curves will be similar to this

Volume by Cross Sectional Area

  • We get a 2D shape from the area under a curve, if we rotate this shape → we get a 3D object

  • To find the area we just integrate the volume formula!

    • What is the formula for finding the volume of a shape using integrals?

      To find the volume of a shape using integrals, we use the formula for the cross-sectional area (length times width) and multiply it by the height, which is represented by the variable "dx" in the integral. Therefore, the formula for the volume of a rectangular shape using integrals is:

      V = ∫(length x width) dx

      where V is the volume, and the integral is taken over the range of the height of the shape.

    • That would give us the volume for a rectangle (because their area is just l * w)

  • The majority of the time, when we are integrating a curve, we get discs or circles

    • Therefore, we can almost always use the disc method to find our volume

    • We know that the area of a circle is πr^2

    • So using our integral we would have V = ∫πr^2

  • You can combine this with area between two curves problems and have ∫πR^2 - ∫πr^2]