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To find the blue shaded area above, we would calculate:

abf(x)dx=area\displaystyle {\int_{{a}}^{{b}}}{f{{\left({x}\right)}}}{\left.{d}{x}\right.}=\text{area}

Where:

a=\displaystyle {a}= , b=\displaystyle {b}=

f(x)\displaystyle {f{{\left({x}\right)}}} =  

area  =\displaystyle \text{area }\ =