Use Simpson's Rule with n = 10 to estimate the arc length of the curve. Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by your calculator. (Round your answer to six decimal places.) y = x ln x + 9, 1 ≤ x ≤ 3

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Use Simpson's Rule with n = 10 to estimate the arc length of the curve. Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by your calculator. (Round your answer to six decimal places.) y = x ln x + 9,   1 ≤ x ≤ 3

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which simpsons rule 1/3 1/8th?

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basically simpsons rule is estimation with trapezoids

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n=10 so, you need 10 trapezoids between x=1 to x= 3

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so 5 trapzesoids for 1 change in x

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y = x ln x

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is basically this linear increase in ln x

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