Calculus Name________________________________________________

Introduction to Integrals and FTC

Objectives: Students will estimate the total distance that an object moves, given a velocity table and using d=rt.

10 I. An object is moving along a line that never decreases its velocity. The table gives the velocity at certain intervals.
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Velocity in 8 11 15 18 23 25
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Estimate the distance the object moved.

Use a graph if necessary.

Velocity
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-Discuss before we move on.
Do the estimation again, but use more intervals.

T, seconds 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Velocity in 8 9 11 15 15 17 18 23 23 24 25
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Velocity
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Discuss your methods.

Summarize the following (Teacher lead):

1. Riemann sums

2. Left end points

3. Right end points

4. Midpoints

5. Trapezoidal rule
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Part II.
We want to see what happens to a graph that is not strictly increasing and the Riemann sums that are associated with it.

V (t )  t 2 cos t  1.5 on  0,5 and find the Riemann sums involved, using ten subintervals. Draw a great graph
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and show how you got your answer. Be as accurate as possible.
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Questions:
1. Do Riemann sums, when dealing with velocity, always find the total distance traveled or displacement (net
distance)? Explain.

2. What if we used more and more information? For example, data by each .5 seconds? .25 seconds? .01 seconds?
Etc.