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Name:_____________________________________Grade & Section: _______________ Score:____________

School:____________________________________Teacher:_____________________Subject:Basic Calculus
LAS Writers: _AR JAY S. FRANCO_______ Content Editor ___Johannah Y. Achurra_____________
Lesson Topic: Illustration of an Antiderivative of a Function (Quarter 4 Wk. 1 LAS 1)
Learning Targets:Illustrate an antiderivative of a function (STEM_BC11I-IVa-1).
Reference(s): Larson/Hostetler.1987. Brief Calculus with Applications. Alternate Second Edition. D.C.
Health and Company,pp.318-319.
Antiderivative of a Function

Suppose we are given the following derivatives, then we will find their original functions. If we make some educated guess,
we might come up with the following functions:

d
 f’(x) = 2 f(x) = 2x because [2x] = 2
dx
d
 g’(x) = 3 x 2 g(x) = x 3 because [ x ¿¿ 3]¿ = 3 x 2
dx
d
 s’(x) = 4s s(x) = 2t 2 because ¿2t 2 ¿ = 4t
dx

This operation of determining the original function from its derivative is the inverse operation of differentiation, and we call it
antidifferentiation.

Definition of an antiderivative. A function F is called an antiderivative of a function f if for every x in the


domain of f, F’(x) = f(x)
If F(x) is an antiderivative of f(x), then F(x) + C, where C is any constant, is also an antiderivative of f(x). For instance

F(x) = x 3 G(x) = x 3−5 H(x) = x 3+ 0.3

are all antiderivatives of 3 x 2 , because


d d d 3
¿ ¿] = [ x 3−5] = [ x + 0.3] = 3 x 2
dx dx dx

Note: As it turns out, all the antiderivatives of 3 x 2 are in the form x 3 + C. The process of antidifferentiation does not determine a
unique function but rather it determines a family of functions, each differing from the others by a constant.

Notation for Antiderivatives


 The antidifferentiation process is also called integration and is denoted by the symbol ∫ called an integral sign.
 The symbol ∫ f ( x ) dx is called the indefinite integralof f(x), and it denotes the family of antiderivatives of f(x). That is, if
F’(x) = f(x) for all x, then ∫ f ( x ) dx = F(x) + C where f(x) is called the integrand and C is the constant of integration.

Definition of integral notation for antiderivatives. The notation ∫ f ( x ) dx = F(x) + C


where C is an arbitrary constant, means that F is an antiderivative of f. That is, F’(x) = f(x) for all x in domain of f.

Activity

Match the functions in Column A with their corresponding antiderivatives in Column B.

Column A Column B

____1. f(x) = 3x2 + 2x + 1 a. F(x) = 3x3 − x


____2. f(x) = 9x2 – 1 b. F(x) = x3 + x2 + x
1
____3. f(x) = x2 – 2 c. F(x) = 2x2 − x3
3
1
____4. f(x) = (x + 1)(x − 1) d. F(x) = -2x2 + x3
3
1
____5. f(x) = x(4 − x) e. x3 -2x +1
3
1 3
____6. f(x) = x(x − 4) f. x -x +1
3

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