How do you use the trapezoidal rule with n=4 to approximate the area between the curve #x ln(x+1)# from 0 to 2?
1 Answer
Aug 13, 2018
Explanation:
The trapezoidal rule states that the area under an integral can be approximated by the equation:
where:
#Deltax=(b-a)/n#
#n# is the number of trapezoids
#x_0=a#
#x_1,x_2,...,x_n# are equally spaced#x# -coordinates of the right edges of trapezoids#1,2,3,...,n# .
So, we get: