Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - The Definite Integral - 5.2 Exercises - Page 389: 15

Answer

When $~~n = 5~~$, then $~~R_5 = 1.933766$ When $~~n = 10~~$, then $~~R_{10} = 1.983524$ When $~~n = 50~~$, then $~~R_{50} = 1.999342$ When $~~n = 100~~$, then $~~R_{100} = 1.999836$ We can see that the numbers appear to be approaching 2.

Work Step by Step

We can compute the right Riemann sum for the function using the right endpoint of each subinterval. $\Delta x = \frac{b-a}{n} = \frac{\pi-0}{n} = \frac{\pi}{n}$ $x_i = \frac{i\pi}{n}$ $R_n = \sum_{i=1}^{n}f(x_i)\Delta x$ $R_n = \sum_{i=1}^{n}(sin~\frac{i\pi}{n})~(\frac{\pi}{n})$ When $~~n = 5~~$, then $~~R_5 = 1.933766$ When $~~n = 10~~$, then $~~R_{10} = 1.983524$ When $~~n = 50~~$, then $~~R_{50} = 1.999342$ When $~~n = 100~~$, then $~~R_{100} = 1.999836$ We can see that the numbers appear to be approaching 2.
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