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What isQuote:
Originally Posted by tbenne3
meant to mean? MIdpoint Rule using 4 rectangles?
Please remember that notation that is obvious to you the person wanting help is not always obvious to us the people you want help from.
Sorry about that, it stands for Midpoint Approximation (Mn)Quote:
Originally Posted by mr fantasticWhat is
Please remember that notation that is obvious to you the person wanting help is not always obvious to us the people you want help from.
OK, so your textbook and class notes will have a formula and examples. Where are you stuck here?Quote:
Originally Posted by tbenne3
Ok well in the text they have a similar problem to look at and it hasQuote:
Originally Posted by mr fantastic
f(x)=x^2, [0,1]
and their solution is
(1/4)(.125^2+.375^2+.625^2+.875^2)
I cant figure out where they are getting the .125,.375,.625,.875
In that example, they are dividing the interval [0,1] into 4 equal sub-intervals, like so:Quote:
Originally Posted by tbenne3
[0,0.25] [0.25,0.5] [0.5,0.75] and [0.75,1]
Next, you need to find the midpoint of each interval, because this is what you will use to plug into f(x) for each sub-interval.
Midpoint of [0,0.25] is 0.125
Midpoint of [0.25,0.5] is 0.375
etc.