Mid point rule (a kidney-shaped swimming pool)

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insanerp

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Hi all,

I'm having trouble understand the mid-point as it relates to a figure as opposed graph of y=1/x.

The problem
The widths (in meters) of a kidney-shaped swimming pool were measured at 7 meter intervals. Use the Midpoint Rule with n = 4 to estimate the area S of the pool if a1 = 12.4, a2 = 14.4, a3 = 13.6, a4 = 11.2, a5 = 10, a6 = 9.6, and a7 = 9.6. S=

I believe I will use the a(1,3,5,7) values, but I am not understanding the application to solve for area.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Michele
 
Re: Mid point rule

insanerp said:
Hi all,

I'm having trouble understand the mid-point as it relates to a figure as opposed graph of y=1/x.

The problem
The widths (in meters) of a kidney-shaped swimming pool were measured at 7 meter intervals as indicated in the figure(where?? - not shown). Use the Midpoint Rule with n = 4 to estimate the area S of the pool if a1 = 12.4, a2 = 14.4, a3 = 13.6, a4 = 11.2, a5 = 10, a6 = 9.6, and a7 = 9.6. S=

I believe I will use the a(1,3,5,7) values, but I am not understanding the application to solve for area.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Michele
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