Could somebody explain Simpson's Rule to me? I understand that it's basically the weighted average of trapezoidal and midpoint sums, but I'm confused as to how to apply it.

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anonymous · Answer

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SimpsonsRule.html

anonymous · Answer

https://www.google.com/search?q=Simpson's+Rule&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=GlRbUc-ZAe3k4AOZwoB4&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=651

dan815 · Answer

like ur confused about what values to input?

anonymous · Answer

i'm confused about what the formula is, as weird as that sounds. (My notes are sort of a mess from that day)