Trapezoidal rule to estimate area under the curve

The trapezoidal rule is one method we can use to approximate the area under a function over a given interval. If it’s difficult to find area exactly using an integral, we can use trapezoidal rule instead to estimate the integral. It’s called trapezoidal rule because we use trapezoids to estimate the area under the curve.

When does trapezoidal rule overestimate?

In this video we talk about when trapezoidal rule overestimates the area under the curve, when it underestimates the area under the curve, and when it finds exact area.

Learn mathKrista KingAugust 16, 2016trapezoidal rule

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