Overview
In this session we use a clever trick involving finding volumes by slices to calculate the area under the bell curve, neatly avoiding the problem of finding an antiderivative for e^{-x^2}.
Lecture Video and Notes
Video Excerpts
» Clip 1: Area Under the Bell Curve (00:23:00)
From Lecture 25 of 18.01 Single Variable Calculus, Fall 2006