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Session 63: Numerical Integration

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Overview

Sometimes it’s not practical to find the value of a definite integral by using an antiderivative. This session presents three different numerical methods of approximating the value of a definite integral.

Lecture Video and Notes

Video Excerpts

Recitation Video

Explanation of Simpson’s Rule

Using the Trapezoid and Simpson’s Rules

Worked Example

Numerical Integration

Please use the mathlet below to complete this problem.

Mathlet

Riemann Sums

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