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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §5.1 The Idea of the Integral, #11 · Calculus · Integrals

A pessimist would use … at the ____ of each time period…

This problem is about the company earning per year.

A pessimist would use at the ____ of each time period as the income rate for that period. Redraw Figure 5.1 (both parts) using heights . How much lower is the estimate of total income?

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §5.1 The Idea of the Integral, #11

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