Rectangular Area Approximations and Riemann Sums

Show the High Sums and Low Sums to see how to approximate the area under a curve. Use the Endpoint sliders to change the range of the area. Move n to see what happens as we split th area into more rectangular regions.

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Ruth Hilton, Created with GeoGebra