Question

use trapezoidal and simpson's rule to approximate the value of the integral from 0 to 1 of cos(x^2) with an error of no more than .0001? Please help!

Answer 1

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcII/ApproximatingDefIntegrals.aspx

for trap error, use K = 1
for simpson's error, use M = 1.
then you can compute n for each to see how many intervals are needed

Answer 2

oops, you'll need to compute the 2nd derivative to find out what you should use for K and the 4th derivative to find out wht tou use for M.

Sorry about that...

Answer 3

I need help with simpsons rule