Suppose that you push a book across a 6-meter-long tableby exerting a force f(x) at each point from x = 0 to  x= 6.What does∫06 f(x) dx represent? If  f(x) is measured innewtons, what are the units for the integral?

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Section7.3: Area And The Definite Integral
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Suppose that you push a book across a 6-meter-long table
by exerting a force f(x) at each point from x = 0 to  x= 6.
What does∫06 f(x) dx represent? If  f(x) is measured in
newtons, what are the units for the integral?

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