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Unit 8: Applications of Integration

Finding the Average Value of a Function on an Interval

Compute the average value of a function on an interval with a definite integral, read it from a graph, and find where the function reaches it.

Topic 8.1 · 7 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus BC plan

In this lesson

  1. 01From averaging samples to an integral
  2. 02The picture: a rectangle with the same area
  3. 03The function reaches its average
  4. 04Average value versus average rate of change
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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