Lesson: Area between a Curve and a Line Mathematics • Higher Education

In this lesson, we will learn how to apply integration to find the area between the curve of a function and a horizontal or vertical straight line.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

use definite integrals to find the area between the curve of a given function and any horizontal line of the form ,
use definite integrals to find the area between the curve of a given function and any vertical line of the form ,
use definite integrals to find the area between the curve of a given function and a line, where the area is represented graphically.