Using Riemann Sums as a way of finding an area under a curve is a great way to learn the idea

behind integrals. Riemann Sums involve using multiple rectangles to fill up as much of the area
under the curve as possible and the adding the areas of those rectangles to find the total sum. At
first, this concept was hard to grasp. However, once the concept clicked in my head in helped me
throughout the entire course of calculus.

In this example, I will be using four rectangles to find the total sum of the area under the curve. I
will be using the Right Endpoint method which means that you begin the top of the rectangle
from the right edge.

Curve = y=x 22 x+ 4
Interval = [-1,2]

[ f ( 2 ) 1 ] + [ f ( 1 ) 1 ] + [ f ( 0 ) 0.5 ] + [ f ( 0.5 ) 0.5 ]

Due to the number of rectangles and the interval that they are on, the bases of the last two
rectangles need to be half of a unit to fit in all 4. This results in the 0.5 seen in the equation.

Area under the curve = 11.625