DEFINITE

INTEGRAL
THE FUNDAMENTAL
THEOREM OF CALCULUS
+ If a function 𝑓 has an antiderivative 𝐹, then the definite
integral of 𝑓 from a to b is equal to 𝐹 𝑏 − 𝐹(𝑎)
Example 1:
4

න 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
2
Example 2:
7

න 3𝑥 𝑑𝑥
0
Example 3:
𝜋

න cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝜋
2
PROPERTIES
OF DEFINITE
INTEGRAL
 𝑏
𝑎
න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = − න 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥
𝑏
𝑎

Example:

3 2

න 5𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = − න 5𝑥 𝑑𝑥
2 3
 𝑎

න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 0
𝑎

Example:

න 5𝑥 𝑑𝑥
2
 𝑏

න 𝑐 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑐 𝑏 − 𝑎
𝑎

Example:

න 5 𝑑𝑥
2
 𝑏
𝑏
න 𝑐𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑐 න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑎
𝑎

Example:

න 7𝑥 3 𝑑𝑥
0
𝑏
𝑏 𝑏
න 𝑓 𝑥 +𝑔 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 + න 𝑔 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑎 𝑎
𝑎

Example:

න 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 𝑑𝑥
0
𝑏
𝑏 𝑏
න 𝑓 𝑥 −𝑔 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 − න 𝑔 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑎 𝑎
𝑎

Example:

න 3𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 𝑑𝑥
0
 𝑏 𝑐 𝑐

න 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 + න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = න 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑎 𝑏 𝑎

2 3
Example: ‫׬‬0 2
3𝑥 − 7𝑥 𝑑𝑥 + ‫׬‬2 3𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 𝑑𝑥