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Series and Integrals: A Revealing Comparison

After covering the standard course material on infinite series and their sums and the Integral Test for series convergence, Calculus II students are given a write-pair-share activity that directs them to clearly explain the difference between a series and its related integral and explain why the sum of the series is greater than the value of the corresponding integral. Afterwards, the instructor employs a Web-based applet that visually displays...

Keywords:: series, Integral test

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics / Calculus / Integral, One Variable

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: September 29, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 14, 2012
Author:: James Rutledge, St. Petersburg College
Submitter:: James Rutledge
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Technical Requirements:: standard browser
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States