AP Calculus Riemann sums: Soup to Nuts

See www.midnighttutor.com for all of our calculus tutorial videos. CALCULUS Tutorial of how to do left, midpoint, right, trapezoid, and asymmetric riemann sums using a function or a table of values.

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[maj10311982]

men i think that is 1(1)+1(4)+1(9)+1(16)=30 and not 29..

[Shooter1444]

Ok, at about 8:00 when he is using the right sided method shouldn't the answer be

1(1)+1(4)+1(9)+1(16)+1(25)=55 units squared not 54 units squared.

[DieRightNowPlease]

@Kridge2011 Oh shut up. he was off by one. I'm sure you still learned from it.

[otaka732]

Midnight tutor... funny thing is, I'm watching this at midnight right now.

[Westscottchip]

Great video, thanks for the help.

[Ghaiyst]

@k2g2005 Teachers make mistakes a lot. Little errors are not a big deal, especially when he's not trying to design a structure or something that important. Maybe your brain development, but you can render that through experience. a brain structure can develop with mistakes, but a structure of a building or whatever cant. We all make mistakes and can learn from them. When a building collapses, thats the end of it.

[jonnyrebel00]

Loved the video, wish it was a little easier to see what you wrote.

[Kridge2011]

You're really annoying... And not to mention incorrect. Thanks for the confusion!

[marlinheck]

@jpcme2002 Be aure to use a GOOD ink marker, possibly NEW, for you videos. Much of your work was not well visible. As, write larger. Even at full screen, your writing was small. (PS. I've been teaching for 42 years.) Oh, and I do remember the formula for area of trapezoid. It's required for all students in Maryland from fifth grade on up. Since I've taught from fifth to 12th, I remember it.

[marlinheck]

@jpcme2002 Be aure to use a GOOD ink marker, possibly NEW, for you videos. Much of your work was not well visible. As, write larger.  Even at full screen, your writing was small. (PS. I've been teaching for 42 years.)

[postal83]

you kidding me people lol... my college teacher makes several mistakes in class, but most people don't see them because it's the concept that matters... elementary algebraic mistakes are something you can throw out the window.  Watching this has helped reinforce my understanding of Riemanns Sum, not how to add numbers.

[leet512]

ya i think these videos are excellent and shouldn't be written off due to a few numerical errors... teaching high-level math is more about getting across concepts and methods in an understandable way rather than being perfect at numbers

numerical accuracy is more important when math is applied in life... and in most such projects there is already an established safety net of peer review and hawk-eyed computers that spot those minor errors... so getting upset over them is a bit over the top :)