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Left and Right Endpoint Approximations

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Interactive Left and Right Endpoint Approximation Activity

Choose Left or Right Endpoint Approximation and move the slider to see the approximations with different numbers of rectangles.  You will then see the approximation of the area under the curve y=.3x32x2+2x+5 for 1<x<6.

n = 4

    Left-Endpoint Approximation         Right-Endpoint Approximation

Area ≈ 6.63 + 3.49 + 0.45 + 1.91 = 12.48

 

 


This page titled Left and Right Endpoint Approximations is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Larry Green.

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