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.
AP Calculus Riemann sums: Soup to Nuts
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Midnight tutor… funny thing is, I’m watching this at midnight right now.
Great video, thanks for the help.
@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.
Loved the video, wish it was a little easier to see what you wrote.
You’re really annoying… And not to mention incorrect. Thanks for the confusion!
@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.
@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.)
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.
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
@maj10311982 i know it drove me crazy -.- i was like ITS 30 U SHOULDNT BE TEACHING IF U CANT ADD!!!!!
hey thanks a lot for the tutorial, it helped a lot! ignore all the idiots trolling on about the mistake you made , silly mistakes happen to everyone.
It looks like you’re feeling awkward trying to turn toward us while doing the problem.
Be on the right side instead so you can write with your right hand and turn to us from the left.
Thanks for all the help. It was really quite useful. You’re a great teacher!
if you have an equation with inconstant curve ] a=0, b=5 – so n (the amount of subdivisions) = 5, therefore when you are trying to find the Upper Sum, it would be the highest point within that one subdivision, if the next one has a higher point in the left side than you would take the division from that point, and the same for the Lower Sum, but the opposite, taking from the lowest point within that subdivision.
This video helped clear up Reimann sums, thanks!
I´ve been reading Spivak´s Calculus and i don´t get what does mean U(f,P)-L(f,P)
Very Helpful thank u
1+4+9+16=30 just do (1+9) + (16+4) my adivice to you people when adding a lot of numbers please make yourself a favour and join the “tens”
totally cool….loved it
keep the good work going
thank u so much i had trouble with the midpoint but after watch ur video i totally get it
This video is very helpful. Thanks!!
You know all can commit mistakes or wrong answers, but the most important is how you compute the math problem in the right method.
Maj and Shooter are both right. The left method answer is 30 not 29, and the right method answer is 55 not 54 (same mistake both times, ignoring the initial 1). Also, it’s absurd to figure the area of trapezoids by breaking them into rectangles and triangles when a simple formula exists to find it directly , 0.5(h1+h2)b. I’m sure the presenter meant to be helpful, but this video might mislead the very people he means to help. They deserve better.
if you are just trying to find an integral, yes, but on some test questions, they might ask you specifically to do a riemann sum
besides you are normally given more complicated functions for which you wont draw during your exam