Question

Calculus 2! simpsons rule??? help plz!

Answer 1

what do you need?

Answer 2

so the question is use simpson rule of the integral gong from 0 to 2 of sq root of (x^3 -1)

Answer 3

do you recall the reasoning behind the trapezoid rule?

Answer 4

u have to find f(0) f(1) and f (2) right?

Answer 5

no we didn't learn that yet

Answer 6

its usually taught first since its easier to grasp

Answer 7

oh and N=10

Answer 8

so what my teacher taught was the formula which is 1/3 ( f(0)+4 f(1)+2F(2)

Answer 9

the trapezoid rule uses ... well, trapezoids to approximate the area under a curve

Answer 10

the simpsons rule uses parabolas as a better fit

Answer 11

oh he did show that in kind of graph in class

Answer 12

so how would do this type of problem?

Answer 13

is the N=10 the number of partitions? or the number of parabolas to form? i cant recall that part to well

Answer 14

number of partitions

Answer 15

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