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Approximate the integral $\int\limits_{1}^{11} f{\left(x \right)}\, dx$ with the trapezoidal rule using the table below:

$x$	$1$	$3$	$5$	$7$	$9$	$11$
$f{\left(x \right)}$	$4$	$0$	$-2$	$-3$	$6$	$-5$

Solution

The trapezoidal rule approximates the integral using trapezoids: $\int\limits_{a}^{b} f{\left(x \right)}\, dx\approx \sum_{i=1}^{n - 1} \left(x_{i+1} - x_{i}\right) \frac{f{\left(x_{i+1} \right)} + f{\left(x_{i} \right)}}{2}$ , where $n$ is the number of points.

Therefore, $\int\limits_{1}^{11} f{\left(x \right)}\, dx\approx \left(3 - 1\right) \frac{0 + 4}{2} + \left(5 - 3\right) \frac{-2 + 0}{2} + \left(7 - 5\right) \frac{-3 - 2}{2} + \left(9 - 7\right) \frac{6 - 3}{2} + \left(11 - 9\right) \frac{-5 + 6}{2} = 1.$

Answer

$\int\limits_{1}^{11} f{\left(x \right)}\, dx\approx 1$ A