Trapezoidal sums | Accumulation and Riemann sums | AP Calculus AB | Khan Academy

Courses on Khan Academy are always 100% free. Start practicing—and saving your progress—now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-integration-new/ab-6-2/v/trapezoidal-approximation-of-area-under-curve The area under a curve is commonly approximated using rectangles (e.g. left, right, and midpoint Riemann sums), but it can also be approximated by trapezoids. Trapezoidal sums actually give a better approximation than rectangular sums. Created by Sal Khan. Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-accumulation-riemann-sums/ab-def-integral/e/evaluating-a-definite-integral-from-a-graph?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=APCalculusAB Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-accumulation-riemann-sums/ab-summation-notation/v/sigma-notation-sum?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=APCalculusAB Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-accumulation-riemann-sums/ab-midpoint-trapezoid/v/midpoint-sums?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=APCalculusAB AP Calculus AB on Khan Academy: Bill Scott uses Khan Academy to teach AP Calculus at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and heÕs part of the teaching team that helped develop Khan AcademyÕs AP lessons. Phillips Academy was one of the first schools to teach AP nearly 60 years ago. About Khan Academy: Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We believe learners of all ages should have unlimited access to free educational content they can master at their own pace. We use intelligent software, deep data analytics and intuitive user interfaces to help students and teachers around the world. Our resources cover preschool through early college education, including math, biology, chemistry, physics, economics, finance, history, grammar and more. We offer free personalized SAT test prep in partnership with the test developer, the College Board. Khan Academy has been translated into dozens of languages, and 100 million people use our platform worldwide every year. For more information, visit www.khanacademy.org, join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @khanacademy. And remember, you can learn anything. For free. For everyone. Forever. #YouCanLearnAnything Subscribe to Khan AcademyÕs AP Calculus AB channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyoj0ZF4uw8VTFbmlfOVPuw?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to Khan Academy: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=khanacademy