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Calculus II For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Calculus II For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Zegarelli
January 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
8h 37m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 16

Ten “Aha!” Insights in Calculus II

In This Chapter

arrow Understanding the key concepts of integration

arrow Distinguishing the definite integral from the indefinite integral

arrow Knowing the basics of infinite series

Okay, here you are near the end of the book. You’ve read every single word that I wrote, memorized the key formulas, and worked through all the problems. You’re all set to ace your final exam, and you’ve earned it. Good for you! (Or maybe you just picked up the book and skipped to the end. That’s fine, too! This is a great place to get an overview of what this Calculus II stuff is all about.)

But still, you have this sneaking suspicion that you’re stuck in the middle of the forest and can’t see it because of all those darn trees. Forget the equations for a moment and spend five minutes looking over these top ten “Aha!” insights. When you understand them, you have a solid conceptual framework for Calculus II.

Integrating Means Finding the Area

Finding the area of a polygon or circle is easy. Integration is all about finding the area of shapes with weird edges that are hard to work with. These edges may be the curves that result from polynomials, exponents, logarithms, trig ...

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