Stacking Rectangles

Calculus Level 3

Using the Left-hand Rectangular Approximation Method and 11 rectangles, approximate

0 1 x 3 d x . \large \int_{0}^{1}x^3dx .

Give your answer to 4 decimal places.


The answer is 0.2066.

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1 solution

Andrew Ellinor
Oct 19, 2015

Using LRAM with n = 11 n = 11 , we partition the interval [0, 1] into 11 equal subintervals:

[ 0 , 1 11 ] , [ 1 11 , 2 11 ] , , [ 9 11 , 10 11 ] , [ 10 11 , 1 ] \left[0, \dfrac{1}{11}\right] , \left[\dfrac{1}{11}, \dfrac{2}{11}\right], \ldots , \left[\dfrac{9}{11}, \dfrac{10}{11}\right], \left[\dfrac{10}{11}, 1\right]

Using only the left endpoints and plugging them into x 3 x^3 gives n = 0 10 n 3 1 1 3 = 1 3 + 2 3 + + 9 3 + 1 0 3 1 1 3 = ( ( 10 ) ( 11 ) 2 ) 2 1 1 3 = 25 121 0.2066 \sum_{n=0}^{10} \frac{n^3}{11^3} = \frac{1^3 + 2^3 + \ldots + 9^3 + 10^3}{11^3} = \frac{\left(\frac{(10)(11)}{2}\right)^2}{11^3} = \frac{25}{121} \approx 0.2066

I believe the sum is missing a factor of 1 11 \frac{1}{11} .

Jake Lai - 5 years, 7 months ago

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Yes I believe so, it comes from the width of the box being 1/11

Jerry McKenzie - 4 years, 1 month ago

you're dumb&that's dumb

Am Kemplin - 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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