MATH 1712: WEEK 10

Topics for this week are:

• The Area Between Two Curves
• Applications of Integrals to Economics and Finance

Objectives for this week:

• Calculate the area of the region bounded between two curves
• Apply areas to the consumers' and producers' surplus equations
• Use integration to find the future and present values of an annuity
• Sketch and interpret the Lorenz curve for a given population

Text coverage:     Sections 6.6 - 6.7 of S. Tan.

Online resources:

• Week 10 Formula Sheet
• Week 10 Practice Problems
• Maple Worksheets
  • Area between two curves: This worksheet illustrates how to find the area between two curves. It requires you to read the two previous Maple projects: Graphing and Interpreting Graphs.

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