Riemann Sums
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| Selection points: right-hand endpoints Riemann Sum: 58.8 | |
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| Selection points: left-hand endpoints Riemann Sum: 26.4 | |
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| Selection points: midpoints Riemann Sum: 40.575 | |
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| The figures below display the graph of y = x3 - 3x together with the rectangles used to compute the Riemann sum corresponding to a regular partition of [1,4] into 5 subintervals and various selection points. The value of the Riemann sum is the red area minus the blue area. | |||
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