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Ch. 8 - Techniques of Integration
Hass - Thomas' Calculus 15th Edition
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.7.13a

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 -1 to 1 of (x² + 1) dx

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Identify the function to be integrated: \(f(x) = x^{2} + 1\) over the interval \([-1, 1]\).
Recall the error bound formula for the Trapezoidal Rule: \(|E_{T}| \leq \frac{(b - a)^{3}}{12 n^{2}} \max_{a \leq x \leq b} |f''(x)|\), where \(n\) is the number of subintervals.
Compute the second derivative of the function: \(f''(x) = \frac{d^{2}}{dx^{2}}(x^{2} + 1) = 2\).
Determine the maximum value of \(|f''(x)|\) on the interval \([-1, 1]\), which is \(2\) since \(f''(x)\) is constant.
Set up the inequality for the error bound to be less than \(10^{-4}\) and solve for \(n\): \(\frac{(1 - (-1))^{3}}{12 n^{2}} \times 2 < 10^{-4}\). Simplify and solve for \(n\) to find the minimum number of subintervals needed.

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