Thumbnail: The sum of the areas of the rectangles is greater than the area between the curve f(x)=1/x and the x-axis for x≥1. Since the area bound...Thumbnail: The sum of the areas of the rectangles is greater than the area between the curve f(x)=1/x and the x-axis for x≥1. Since the area bounded by the curve is infinite (as calculated by an improper integral), the sum of the areas of the rectangles is also infinite.
Thumbnail: The sum of the areas of the rectangles is greater than the area between the curve f(x)=1/x and the x-axis for x≥1. Since the area bound...Thumbnail: The sum of the areas of the rectangles is greater than the area between the curve f(x)=1/x and the x-axis for x≥1. Since the area bounded by the curve is infinite (as calculated by an improper integral), the sum of the areas of the rectangles is also infinite.