11F - Finding the area under the curve

Objective:
Using definite integral we can quickly calculate the area under a curve from interval a to b.
In this exercise, we have to be careful when the area is negative, it is below the x-axis.
when we apply the definite integration, our answer will be negative. to combat this, we can flip the interval a-->b into b-->a or multiply the integral by -1.



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