How to increase accuracy of trapezoidal and simpson rule in calculus?

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Jim H
May 21, 2018

Increase n.

Explanation:

The maximum errors for each of these estimates for int_a^b f(x) dx amount to a constant that depends on f, a and b, divided by n.

As n increases, the maximum error declines.

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