Section 7.7 Approximate Integration

Course Objectives Section 7.7

Students will be able to:
- use the Midpoint Rule, Trapezoid Rule, or Simpson's Rule to estimate the value of a definite integral of a function.
- use the Error Bound formulas for the Midpoint Rule, Trapezoid Rule, or Simpson's Rule to estimate the error in approximating a definite integral of a function using the Midpoint Rule, Trapezoid Rule, or Simpson's Rule, respectively.
- use the Error Bound formulas for the Midpoint Rule, Trapezoid Rule, or Simpson's Rule to find the number of sub-intervals n that are needed to estimate the value of a definite integral of a function to be within a specific error—using the Midpoint Rule, Trapezoid Rule, or Simpson's Rule, respectively.

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