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Ch. 8 - Techniques of Integration
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.7.15a

In Exercises 11–22, estimate the minimum number of subintervals needed to approximate the integrals with an error of magnitude less than 10^-4 by (a) the Trapezoidal Rule (The integrals in Exercises 11–18 are the integrals from Exercises 1–8.)
∫ from 0 to 2 of (t³ + t) dt

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Identify the function to be integrated: \(f(t) = t^{3} + t\) over the interval \([0, 2]\).
Recall the error bound formula for the Trapezoidal Rule: \(|E_{T}| \leq \frac{(b - a)^{3}}{12 n^{2}} \max_{a \leq t \leq b} |f''(t)|\), where \(n\) is the number of subintervals.
Compute the second derivative of the function: \(f''(t) = \frac{d^{2}}{dt^{2}}(t^{3} + t) = 6t\).
Find the maximum value of \(|f''(t)|\) on the interval \([0, 2]\): since \(f''(t) = 6t\) is increasing, the maximum is at \(t=2\), so \(\max |f''(t)| = 12\).
Set up the inequality for the error bound to be less than \(10^{-4}\) and solve for \(n\): \(\frac{(2 - 0)^{3}}{12 n^{2}} \times 12 < 10^{-4}\). Simplify and solve for \(n\) to find the minimum number of subintervals needed.

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Trapezoidal Rule

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