CHAPTER 5: PROJECT

Name:

Part I
FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS
Lets start with a simple example that you can calculate easily. Suppose you ride
a
scooter at a constant speed of 5 miles per hour. How far do you move from time
t = 1 to t = 3 hours?

Now, lets determine how to find the answer using Calculus so we can apply our
method to more complicated problems.
Recall that velocity is the distance traveled per time elapsed. In other words,
v = s(t). If you want to find the distance function then calculate the antiderivative of the velocity:
s ( t )= s ' (t) dt= v dt=
If we assume that the starting position is zero we have s(0) = 0 and can find C in
the distance function.
s(t) =
Now, use this function to find the distance you traveled from the start to time t = 1
and from the start to t = 3.
s(1) =

s(3) =

Subtract these values to find the distance traveled over the two hour interval.
Note that this difference is equivalent to calculating the following:
3

s ' ( t ) dt=s ( 3 ) s (1)

1

We call this a definite integral and generalize it to apply to any anti-derivative

with known endpoints.

f ' ( x ) dx=f ( b )f (a)

a

Use this Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to evaluate the following definite

integrals:
5

1.

3 dt
2

2.

3 dx
0

3.

9 dx
0

4.

3 x+ 1 dx
0

5.

42 x dx
1

6.

x 2 dx
0

7.

4 x2 dx
0

8.

x dx
0

9.

1+ 4 t+3 t 2 dt
2

10.

x 4 +3 x3 +1 dx
1

Check your answers using the graphing calculator. To evaluate a definite

integral you use the command: fnInt (Math menu)
Now, draw graphs to correspond to each derivative function in problems 1-5.
Shade the area underneath the function ONLY over the interval x = a to x = b.
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

What is the shaded area on each graph? Write your answer beneath your
sketch.

Why does finding the anti-derivative over specific intervals relate at all to area?!