Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.1 Exercises - Page 514: 84

Answer

The answer is (d) $4$

Work Step by Step

The graph of this function on the segment is given on the figure. We see that we can approximate the area under the graph with the trapezius bordered by red dashed lines. Its area is the height which is given by the formula $$A=\frac{1}{2}(a+b)h$$ where $a=4$ is one basis, $b=f(2) = \frac{2}{2^2+1} = \frac{4}{5}$ the other basis and $h=2$ its heigth. This gives $$A=\frac{1}{2}\left(4+\frac{4}{5}\right)\cdot2 = 4+\frac{4}{5} = \frac{24}{5}.$$ This is between $4$ and $5$ so the best approximation is (d) $4$.
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