Problem 1 Approximate the area under $latex displaystyle f(x)=5x+2$ with 4 rectangles using a) right hand rectangles, b) left hand rectangles, and c) midpoint rectangles.
a) Right hand rectangles
b) Left hand rectangles
c) Midpoint Rectangles
Notice that each of these parts does essentially the same thing…multiply an f(x) value for the height of a rectangle by a width. Notationally, we can write this as
$latex displaystyle f({{x}_{i}})cdot Delta x$
where $latex displaystyle {{x}_{i}}$ is the x value where the rectangle touches the curve and $latex displaystyle Delta x$ is the width of the rectangle. So we can use summation notation for the sum,
$latex displaystyle sumlimits_{i=1}^{n}{f({{x}_{i}})cdot Delta x}$
where there are n rectangles. The sigma indicates that we are adding up terms with a particular format…in this case, function values time a width.