Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH101/April 2012/Question 07 (c)
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Question 07 (c) |
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Let . Without computing I, find an upper bound for . You may use the fact that if on the interval , then the error in using Sn to approximate has absolute value less than or equal to . |
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As it says in the question statement, given , an even integer, and an upper bound for all in the interval , the error that comes from using Simpson's Rule is as follows: How would you find K? |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We will use the hint in the statement of the problem: if we can find an upper bound K on , then we know that . First we find an upper bound on .
On our interval of integration, [1,2], . So our upper bound on is K = 24. Now we simply plug this into the error formula given above to get: . |