Consider the following definite integral. ?_{9}^{16} 9?[x] dx a. Write the midpoint Riemann sum in sigma notation for an arbitrary value of n. b. Evaluate the sum using a calculator with n = 20, 50, and 100. Use these values to estimate the value of the integral.
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To write the midpoint Riemann sum in sigma notation for an arbitrary value of n, we first need to find the width of each subinterval and the midpoint of each subinterval. The width of each subinterval is given by: $$\Delta x = \frac{b - a}{n}$$ where a and b Show more…
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