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Trapezoidal Rule of
Integration
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What is Integration
Integration:
The process of
measuring the area
under a function plotted
on a graph.
b
I f ( x )dx
a
Where:
f(x) is the integrand
a= lower limit of
integration
3
b= upper limit of
integration
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I f ( x )dx
where
f ( x ) fn( x )
and
f n ( x ) a0 a1 x ... an1 x n 1 an x n
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f ( x ) fn( x )
Trapezoidal Rule assumes n=1, that is, the
area
under the linear polynomial,
b
f ( a ) f ( b )
(
b
a
)
f ( x )dx
2
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f ( x)dx Area of
trapezoid
1
( Sum of parallel sides )( height )
2
1
f ( b ) f ( a )( b a )
2
f ( a ) f ( b )
( b a )
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Example 1
The vertical distance covered by a rocket from t=8
to t=30 seconds is given by:
140000
x 2000 ln
9
.
8
t
dt
140000 2100t
8
30
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Solution
a)
f ( a ) f ( b )
I ( b a )
a 8
b 30
140000
f ( t ) 2000 ln
9.8t
140000 2100t
140000
f ( 8 ) 2000 ln
9.8( 8 )
140000 2100( 8 )
177.27 m / s
140000
9.8( 30 ) 901.67 m / s
140000 2100( 30 )
f ( 30 ) 2000 ln
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Solution (cont)
177.27 901.67
I ( 30 8 )
a)
11868 m
x 2000 ln
9
.
8
t
dt
140000 2100t
8
30
10
11061 m
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Solution (cont)
b)
11061 11868
807 m
c)
t ,
The absolute relative true error
, would be
11061 11868
t
100 7.2959%
11061
11
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140000
f ( t ) 2000 ln
9.8t
140000 2100t
30
19
30
19
f ( 8 ) f ( 19 )
f ( 19 ) f ( 30 )
( 19 8 )
( 30 19 )
2
2
12
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f ( 8 ) 177.27 m / s
f ( 30 ) 901.67 m / s
f ( 19 ) 484.75 m / s
Hence:
30
177.27 484.75
484.75 901.67
(
30
19
)
2
2
f (t )dt (19 8)
11266 m
13
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Et 11061 11266
205 m
14
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I f ( x )dx
a
15
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f ( x )dx
a
ah
f ( x )dx
a ( n 2 )h
f ( x )dx
a ( n 1 ) h
16
ba
f
(
a
)
2
f ( x )dx
2n
f
(
a
ih
)
f
(
b
)
i 1
n 1
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Example 2
The vertical distance covered by a rocket from to
seconds is given by:
30
140000
x 2000 ln
9.8t dt
140000 2100t
17
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Solution
a) The solution using 2-segment Trapezoidal rule is
ba
I
f
(
a
)
2n
n2
n 1
i 1
f ( a ih ) f ( b )
a8
ba
30 8
h
n
2
18
b 30
11
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Solution (cont)
Then:
30 8
I
f
(
8
)
2( 2 )
2 1
i 1
f ( a ih ) f ( 30 )
22
f ( 8 ) 2 f ( 19 ) f ( 30 )
4
22
177.27 2( 484.75 ) 901.67
4
11266 m
19
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Solution (cont)
b) The exact value of the above integral is
30
140000
x 2000 ln
9
.
8
t
dt 11061 m
140000 2100t
11061 11266
20
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Solution (cont)
t ,
The absolute relative true error
t
, would be
True Error
100
True Value
11061 11266
100
11061
1.8534%
21
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Solution (cont)
Table 1 gives the values
obtained using multiple
segment Trapezoidal rule
for
Value
Et
11868
-807
7.296
---
11266
-205
1.853
5.343
140000
x 2000 ln
9
.
8
t
dt
140000
2100
t
11153
-91.4
0.8265
1.019
11113
-51.5
0.4655
0.3594
11094
-33.0
0.2981
0.1669
Exact Value=11061 m
11084
-22.9
0.2070
0.0908
2
11078
-16.8
0.1521
0.0548
2
30
t %
a %
22
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Example 3
Use Multiple Segment Trapezoidal Rule to
find the area under the curve
300 x
f(x)
1 ex
from
x0
23
300( 0 )
0
0
1 e
f (5)
to
x 10
10 0
h
5
2
300( 5 )
10.039
5
1 e
f ( 10 )
and
300( 10 )
0.136
10
1 e
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Solution
Then:
ba
I
f
(
a
)
2n
n 1
10 0
f
(
0
)
2( 2 )
2 1
f
(
a
ih
)
f
(
b
)
i 1
f
(
0
5
)
f
(
10
)
i 1
10
f ( 0 ) 2 f ( 5 ) f ( 10 ) 10 0 2( 10.039 ) 0.136
4
4
50.535
24
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Solution (cont)
So what is the true value of this integral?
10
300 x
01 e
dx 246.59
246.59 50.535
100%
246.59
79.506%
25
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Solution (cont)
Table 2: Values obtained using Multiple Segment
Trapezoidal Rule for: 10 300 x
01 e
26
dx
Approximate
Value
Et
0.681
245.91
99.724%
50.535
196.05
79.505%
170.61
75.978
30.812%
227.04
19.546
7.927%
16
241.70
4.887
1.982%
32
245.37
1.222
0.495%
64
246.28
0.305
0.124%
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f " ( 1 )
12
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f " ( i )
12
It then follows that:
En
b a ( n 1 )h 3
12
f " ( n ), a ( n 1 )h n b
h3
f" (n )
12
28
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3
h3 n
(
b
a
)
f " ( i )
12 i 1
12n 2
Et Ei
i 1
n
The term
i 1
f " ( i )
i 1
Henc
e:
Et
29
(b a )
12n 2
f " ( i )
i 1
n
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140000
2000
ln
9
.
8
t
dt
140000 2100t
30
Value
Et
t %
a %
11266
-205
1.854
5.343
11113
-51.5
0.4655
0.3594
11074
-12.9
0.1165
0.0356
0
16
11065
-3.22
0.02913
0.0040
1
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