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Trapezoidal Rule Formula

In mathematics, and more speci cally in numerical analysis, the trapezoidal rule, also known as the trapezoid rule or trapezium rule, is a technique for approximating the
de nite integral.

The trapezoidal rule works by approximating the region under the graph of the function f(x) as a trapezoid and calculating its area. 

The trapezoidal rule is to nd the exact value of a de nite integral using a numerical method. This rule is mainly based on the Newton-Cotes formula which states that
one can nd the exact value of the integral as an nth order polynomial.

When n = 1 according to Trapezoidal rule, the area under the linear polynomial is stated as,

b
f (a) + f (b)
∫ f (x) dx = (b − a) [ ]
a
2

Solved Examples of Trapezoidal Rule

Example 1: Use the trapezoidal rule with n = 8 to estimate:
5 −−−−−
∫ √1 + x 2 dx
1

Solution:

Given,

For n=8, we have, Δx  we compute the values of y0 , y1 , y2 , . . . , y8 .

5−1
= = 0.5
8

Therefore,
5 −−−−− 0.5 – −−−− – −−−− −− −−− − −− −−− − −−
∫ √1 + x 2 dx ≈ (√2 + √3.25 + √5 + √7.25 + √10 + √13.25 + √17 + √21.25 + √26 )
1 2

≈ 12.76

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