Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Areas and Distances - 5.1 Exercises - Page 383: 20

Answer

The area under the graph of $f(x)=x^3$ for $0\leq x\leq 1$

Work Step by Step

Consider $x_i=\frac{i}{n}$. The lower bound: $x_0=\frac{0}{n}=0$ The upper bound: $x_n=\frac{n}{n}=1$ Then, $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{n}(\frac{i}{n})^3=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^nf(x_i)\Delta x$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{n}(\frac{i}{n})^3=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^nf(x_i)\cdot \frac{\text{upper bound - lower bound}}{n}$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{n}x_i^3=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^nf(x_i)\cdot \frac{1-0}{n}$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^nx_i^3\frac{1}{n}=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\sum_{i=1}^nf(x_i)\cdot \frac{1}{n}$ Comparing both sides, we get the function $f(x)=x^3$. Thus, the limit represents the area under the graph of $f(x)=x^3$ for $0\leq x\leq 1$.
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