Integration magnitude?

[Martoman]

Did you run into a corner and cry? If not, excuse the rest of us for lacking your prodigious ability 

[TrueTears]

What.The.Hell.    :knuppel2:

To clear this up. You can't have negative area on planet Earth. This is silly.

Area under the x axis will give you a negative answer because you are evaluating f(b) - f(a), and those points on the graph are negative. You will end up with a negative answer. Sooooo to stop this, just take the absolute value of this area... or subtract it as two negatives make a positive.

This shouldn't be confusing at all  

I was told area is a vector quantity

well it depends what the area represents no? In other words, it needs a context.

but in general an "area" is not... a vector... -_-

[Martoman]

What.The.Hell.    :knuppel2:

To clear this up. You can't have negative area on planet Earth. This is silly.

Area under the x axis will give you a negative answer because you are evaluating f(b) - f(a), and those points on the graph are negative. You will end up with a negative answer. Sooooo to stop this, just take the absolute value of this area... or subtract it as two negatives make a positive.

This shouldn't be confusing at all 

I was told area is a vector quantity

well it depends what the area represents no? In other words, it needs a context.

but in general an "area" is not... a vector... -_-

"whose reality" or rather, "identity and belonging"  :smitten:

[TrueTears]

BAHAHAHAHA, identity and belonging plz although im not entirely sure there are vectors in identity and belonging tho

[Martoman]

There are vector identities which belong in mathematics :S