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TRAPEZOID- is a
plane four-sided figure
having two sides
parallel.
TRAPEZOIDAL RULE
If the lengths of the parallel sides are Y1 and Y2 and they are “h”
units apart then the area of trapezoid is given by A = h/2 (Y1+Y2) sq.
units.
The trapezoidal rule assumes that the portion of the curve lying
between any two consecutive ordinates Y1, Y2 etc. can be replaced
with sufficient accuracy by a straight line. A curvilinear figure can be
divided into a number of approximate trapezoids by covering it with N
equally spaced vertical co-ordinates, ‘h’ units apart, the ordinates in
order being Yl, Y2, Y3 etc.
• The trapezoidal rule can be applied to solve the definite integral of any
given function. It calculates the area under the curve formed by the
function by dividing it into trapezoids and is a lesser accurate method
in comparison to Simpson’s Rule. Both Simpson’s Rule and
Trapezoidal Rule give the approximation value, but Simpson’s Rule
results in an even more accurate approximation value of the integrals
because Simpson’s Rule uses the quadratic approximation instead of
linear approximation.
• Follow the below-given steps to apply the trapezoidal
rule to find the area under the given curve, y = f(x).
• 1. Step 1: Note down the number of sub-intervals, "n"
and intervals "a" and "b".
• 2. Step 2: Apply the formula to calculate the sub-
interval width, h (or) △x = (b - a)/n.
• 3. Step 3: Substitute the obtained values in the
trapezoidal rule formula to find the approximate area of
the given curve,
Example 1: Find the area under the curve using trapezoidal rule
formula which passes through the following points:
Solution:
Given: y0 = 5
y1= 6
y2= 9
y3= 11
h = (0.5 - 0) = (1 - 0.5) = (1.5 - 1) = 0.5
• Using Trapezoidal rule formula,
• Area = (h/2) [y0 + yn + 2(y1 + y2 + y3 + ..... + yn-1)]
• = (.5/2) [5 + 11 + 2 (6 + 9)]
• = 0.25 [16+30]
• = 0.25 [46]
• = 11.5
• Answer: Therefore, the area under the curve is 11.5 sq
units.
Example 2: Find the area under the curve using the
trapezoidal rule formula which passes through the
following points:
Solution:
Given: y0 = 4
y1 = 7
y2 = 10
y3 = 15
h = (0.5 - 0) = (1 - 0.5) = (1.5 - 1) = 0.5
• Using Trapezoidal formula:
• Area = (h/2) [y0 + yn + 2 (y1 + y2 + y3 + ..... + yn-1)]
• = (0.5/2) [4 + 15 + 2 (7 + 10)]
• = 0.25 [19 + 34]
• = 0.25 [53]
• = 13.25
• Answer: Therefore, the area under the curve is 13.25 sq units.
• EXAMPLE 3: Using Trapezoidal Rule Formula find
the area under the curve y = x2 between x = 0 and
x = 4 using the step size of 1.
• Solution:
• Given: y = x2
•h = 1
Find the values of ‘y’ for different values of ‘x’ by
putting the value of ‘x’ in the equation y = x 2