\begin{frame} \frametitle{Comparison Properties of the Definite Integral} \begin{block}{} \begin{itemize} \pause \item If $f(x) \ge 0$ for all $a \le x \le b$, then \begin{malign} \int_a^b f(x)dx \ge 0 \end{malign} \pause\smallskip \item If $f(x) \ge g(x)$ for all $a \le x \le b$, then \begin{malign} \int_a^b f(x)dx \;\ge\; \int_a^b g(x)dx \end{malign} \pause\smallskip \item If $m \le f(x) \le M$ for all $a \le x \le b$, then \begin{malign} m(b-a) \;\le\; \int_a^b f(x)dx \;\le\; M(b-a) \end{malign} \end{itemize} \end{block} \pause \begin{exampleblock}{} Use the last property to estimate $\int_0^1 e^{-x^2}dx$. \pause\smallskip The function $e^{-x^2}$ is decreasing on $[0,1]$. \pause\smallskip Thus on $[0,1]$: maximum is \pause $f(0) = 1$\pause, and minimum \pause $f(1) = e^{-1}$.\pause \begin{malign} e^{-1}(1-0) = e^{-1} \quad\le\quad \int_0^1 e^{-x^2}dx \quad\le\quad 1 = 1(1-0) \end{malign}\vspace{-.2ex} \end{exampleblock} \end{frame}