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Underhill

April 27, 2017

Someone explains that their surname 'Underhill' comes from ancestors who computed areas under curves, showing a family crest of a shaded curve.

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Transcript

A: "Your surname 'Underhill'... where does that come from?"

B: "Historically, my ancestors took a lot of integrals. See, this is the family crest."

[Crest: a bell-shaped curve with the area underneath shaded]

Topics
Calculus › IntegralsCalculus › Area Under a CurveStatistics › Normal Distribution
Level
CalculusAP Statistics
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