Integration Investigations III

77 – Riemann Sums – Trapezoids

Day 2 – Tables
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1. Approximate  f  x  dx using three trapezoids.
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11  2 x 2 5 8 11
Width : 3
3 f(x) 9 7 5 3

A   3   9  2  7  5   3   54
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2
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2. Approximate  f  x  dx using three trapezoids.
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20  5 x 5 10 15 20
Width : 5
3 f(x) 6 2 4 1

A   5   6  2  2  4   1  47.5
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2
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3. Approximate  f  x  dx using four trapezoids.
3

15  3 x 3 6 9 12 15
Width : 3
4 f(x) 2 4 5 1 5

A   3   2  2  4  5  1  5   40.5
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2
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4. Approximate  f  x  dx using three trapezoids.
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Width: not equal x 3 4 6 8

(separate areas) f(x) 2 5 3 7

1 1 1
1 2  5    2  5  3    2  3  7   21.5
2 2 2
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5. Approximate  f  x  dx using five trapezoids.
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Width: not equal x 1 2 4 8 10 11

(separate areas) f(x) 2 3 6 1 4 5

1 1 1 1 1
1 2  3    2  3  6    4  6  1   2 1  4   1 4  5   35
2 2 2 2 2
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6. Approximate  f  x  dx using three trapezoids of equal width.
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82
Width: 2
3 x 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
f(x) 2 4 3 5 7 5 2

A   2   2  2  3  7   2   24
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