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Integration: The Trapezium Rule
 

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    The Trapezium Rule is a method of finding the approximate value of an integral between two limits.

    The area involved is divided up into a number of parallel strips of equal width.

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    Each area is considered to be a trapezium(trapezoid).

    If there are n vertical strips then there are n+1 vertical lines(ordinates) bounding them.

    The limits of the integral are between a and b, and each vertical line has length y1 y2 y3... yn+1

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    Therefore in terms of the all the vertical strips, the integral is given by:

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    approx. integral = (strip width) x (average of first and last y-values, plus the sum of all y values between the second and second-last value)

     

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