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im a senior in high school taking ap calculus, I've done regressions here and there with the calculator but i was wondering how do do it without the calculator, i obviously know how to get a linear equation out of 2 points, but how is it done with more points and higher degrees? i understand...

my AP Calculus teacher states that she does not like reading F(x)=-x as F(x)= "negative x" because saying negative x implies that the value of x is always negative in which it is not because if the variable x is negative the function is positive. She prefers to read it as "the opposite of x"...

I have seen a thread with a similair title but passed up on what i want to know. I just want somebody to explain to me [SIZE="4"]why definite integration equals the area under between the function and the x axis Ive just been through indefinite integration, then using the summation...