Using Data Tool to Compute Area

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A video tutorial that shows how to use the OSP Data Tool to compute the area under a curve. The tutorial describes how to:

Open Data Tool from a pop-up menu
Open Data Tool using an button
Change display properties within the Data Tool
Compute the partial area under a curve

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

https://www.compadre.org/OSP/tutorials/UsingDataToolForPartialArea...

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License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: Francisco Esquembre
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created August 31, 2010 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:: August 31, 2010 by Wolfgang Christian
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 1, 2010
Other Collections:: The Open Source Physics

Area under Curve

Author: Mark Kramer
Posted: February 27, 2017 at 2:34PM
Source: The Open Source Physics collection

I would like to know which method the data tool application uses to determine/calculate the area under the curve?

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Re: Area under Curve

Author: Francisco Esquembre
Posted: Feb 28, 2017 5:41PM UTC

> On Feb 27, 2017, Mark Kramer posted:
>
> I would like
> to know which method the data tool application uses
> to determine/calculate the area under the curve?

Hi,
Data used by DataTool is basically a polygonal curve made of a collection of points ([i],y[i]). Hence, the area is computed basically by adding up the area of each vertical polygon between x[i] and x[i+1].
If your question was related to whether DataTool used any integration algorithm (such as Simpson's rule)... no, it just uses a polygonal approximation.
Paco

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