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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how is area under curve formula related with differentiation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[f zdx = 1/2fzdx + 1/2b y(b) - 1/2a y(a)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how is this related with differentiation

OpenStudy (sidsiddhartha):

i think it will be easier to understand if u post the complete question

OpenStudy (sidsiddhartha):

area under a curve is mainly formulated with integration

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah but does it has any relation with differentiation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we were asked to show one relation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

any relation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@sidsiddhartha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

did u get anything

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@sidsiddhartha

OpenStudy (sidsiddhartha):

differentiation is mainly used to calculate the slope and integration to calculate area but u can use a little bit of limits like consider a function f(b) continuous in (0,b) and a master function \[m(b)=\int\limits_{0}^{b}f(x)dx\] so now i can use a little bit diffrentiation like-- \[\frac{ d }{ db }[m(b)]=\lim_{h \rightarrow 0}\frac{ m(b+h)-m(b) }{ h }=\lim_{h \rightarrow 0}\frac{ 1 }{ h }\int\limits_{b}^{b+h}f(x)dx=f(b)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks so much

OpenStudy (anonymous):

did u calculate

OpenStudy (sidsiddhartha):

no problem,but remember its valid for only a continuous function i think :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

did u calculate

OpenStudy (anonymous):

which function

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I understand how derivatives work based on the definition, and the fact that my professor explained it step by step until the point where I can derive it myself. However when it comes to the area under a curve for some reason when you break it up into an infinite amount of rectangles, magically it turns into the anti-derivative. Can someone explain why that is the definition of the integral and how Newton figured this out?

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