We find that
Hencewe musttake to achievethe desiredaccuracy.
TechnologyNote:Estimatinga DefiniteIntegralwith a TI-83/84Calculator
We will estimatethe valueof.
- Graphthe function with the [WINDOW]settingshownbelow.
- The graphis shownin the secondscreen.
- Press2nd [CALC]and chooseoption 7 (see menubelow)
4. Whenthe fourthscreenappears,press[1] [ENTER]then [4] [ENTER]to enterthe lowerand upper
limits. - The final screengivesthe estimate,whichis accurateto 7 decimalplaces.
LessonSummary
- We usedthe TrapezoidalRule to solveproblems.
- We estimatederrorsfor the TrapezoidalRule.