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Unit 8: Applications of Integration

Area Between Curves Expressed as Functions of y

Find the area of a region by slicing it horizontally and integrating right minus left with respect to y, and decide when that beats slicing vertically.

Topic 8.5 · 6 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus AB plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Slicing a region into horizontal strips
  2. 02Rewriting curves in terms of y
  3. 03Choosing the direction to slice
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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