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Approximate the area under the
function between a and b using a
left-hand sum with the given
number of intervals.
f(x) = x² + 2

a = 0
b= 6
6 intervals


Approximate The Area Under The Function Between A And B Using A Lefthand Sum With The Given Number Of Intervals Fx X 2 A 0 B 6 6 Intervals class=

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Answer:

  67 square units

Step-by-step explanation:

The area using the left-hand sum is the sum of products of the function value at the left side of the interval and the width of the interval.

Area

The attachment shows a table of the x-value at the left side of each interval, and the corresponding function value there. The interval width is 1 unit in every case, so the desired area is simply the sum of the function values.

The approximate area is 67 square units.

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Split up the interval [0, 6] into 6 equally spaced subintervals of length [tex]\Delta x = \frac{6-0}6 = 1[/tex]. So we have the partition

[0, 1] U [1, 2] U [2, 3] U [3, 4] U [4, 5] U [5, 6]

where the left endpoint of the [tex]i[/tex]-th interval is

[tex]\ell_i = i - 1[/tex]

with [tex]i\in\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}[/tex].

The area under [tex]f(x)=x^2+2[/tex] on the interval [0, 6] is then given by the definite integral and approximated by the Riemann sum,

[tex]\displaystyle \int_0^6 f(x) \, dx \approx \sum_{i=1}^6 f(\ell_i) \Delta x \\\\ ~~~~~~~~ = \sum_{i=1}^6 \bigg((i-1)^2 + 2\bigg) \\\\ ~~~~~~~~ = \sum_{i=1}^6 \bigg(i^2 - 2i + 3\bigg) \\\\ ~~~~~~~~ = \frac{6\cdot7\cdot13}6 - 6\cdot7 + 3\cdot6 = \boxed{67}[/tex]

where we use the well-known sums,

[tex]\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n 1 = \underbrace{1 + 1 + \cdots + 1}_{n\,\rm times} = n[/tex]

[tex]\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n i = 1 + 2 + \cdots + n = \frac{n(n+1)}2[/tex]

[tex]\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n i^2 = 1 + 4 + \cdots + n^2 = \frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}6[/tex]