Adventure 1 โ€” Activity 2 (Solution)

These boxes are filled with the answers shown on the solution pages. Use them to check your work and to see the pattern: area under a line becomes a function, and the slope becomes a derivative.

1๏ธโƒฃ Page 1 โ€” Area Under a Line (Triangles)

Activity 2 solution page 1

2๏ธโƒฃ Page 2 โ€” Trapezoids, Tables, and Slope at x = 2

Activity 2 solution page 2

For the left trapezoid picture (the specific x = 2 picture), split the region into a rectangle and a triangle. For the right trapezoid picture, write each part using x.

Table A โ€” Area of the trapezoid at x

xArea of the Trapezoid at x
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Table B โ€” Values of A(x) = x^2/2 + 2x

xA(x)
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