I'm using the shoelace formula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoelace_formula) for a triangle, and then letting
x_1 = x - dx , x_2 = x, x_3 = x + dx
y_1 = f(x-dx), y_2 = f(x), y_3 = f(x+dx).
Aften cleanup I am left whit this
dA = 2 f(x) dx + 0.5 | f(x-dx) | dx + 0.5 |f(x+da)|dxNB, latex is...