Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Integrals - 4.2 The Definite Integral - 4.2 Exercises - Page 317: 10

Answer

$$ \int_{0}^{1} \sqrt{x^{3}+1} d x, \quad n=5 $$ The Midpoint Rule gives $$ \begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{1} \sqrt{x^{3}+1} d x \approx \sum_{i=1}^{4} f\left(\bar{x}_{i}\right) \Delta x \approx 1.10967 \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \int_{0}^{1} \sqrt{x^{3}+1} d x, \quad n=5 $$ The width of the subintervals is $$ \Delta x=(1-0) / 5=\frac{1}{5}, $$ so the endpoints are 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1, and the midpoints are 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9. The Midpoint Rule gives $$ \begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{1} \sqrt{x^{3}+1} d x \approx \sum_{i=1}^{5} f\left(\bar{x}_{i}\right) \Delta x =\frac{1}{5}(\sqrt{(0.1)^{3}+1}+\sqrt{(0.3)^{3}+1}+\sqrt{(0.5)^{3}+1}+\sqrt{(0.7)^{3}+1}+\sqrt{(0.9)^{3}+1}) \\ \approx 1.10967 \end{aligned} $$
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