How do you do the trapezoidal rule to compute logxdx from [1,2]?

1 Answer
Jun 19, 2015

21logxdxlog220.34657

Explanation:

Using the trapezoidal rule, the expression 21logxdx becomes (21)[log1+log22]=log220.34657.

It's important to notice that it's only an approximate value (n=1) and it contain a percentage of error : the correct value would be around 0.38629, but with this formula we found approximately 0.34657.