Answer:
Shown below
Step-by-step explanation:
First allocate the power of three to every number
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not sure what you mean by positive exponents, the exponents already are positive. Maybe you mean positive exponents and integers?
See the graph attached.
The midpoint rule states that you can calculate the area under a curve by using the formula:
![M_{n} = \frac{b - a}{2} [ f(\frac{x_{0} + x_{1} }{2}) + f(\frac{x_{1} + x_{2} }{2}) + ... + f(\frac{x_{n-1} + x_{n} }{2})]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=M_%7Bn%7D%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7Bb%20-%20a%7D%7B2%7D%20%5B%20f%28%5Cfrac%7Bx_%7B0%7D%20%2B%20x_%7B1%7D%20%7D%7B2%7D%29%20%2B%20%20f%28%5Cfrac%7Bx_%7B1%7D%20%2B%20x_%7B2%7D%20%7D%7B2%7D%29%20%2B%20...%20%2B%20%20f%28%5Cfrac%7Bx_%7Bn-1%7D%20%2B%20x_%7Bn%7D%20%7D%7B2%7D%29%5D)
In your case:
a = 0
b = 1
n = 4
x₀ = 0
x₁ = 1/4
x₂ = 1/2
x₃ = 3/4
x₄ = 1
Therefore, you'll have:
![M_{4} = \frac{1 - 0}{4} [ f(\frac{0 + \frac{1}{4} }{2}) + f(\frac{ \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{2} }{2}) + f(\frac{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{3}{4} }{2}) + f(\frac{\frac{3}{4} + 1} {2})]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=M_%7B4%7D%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1%20-%200%7D%7B4%7D%20%5B%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B0%20%2B%20%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%20%7D%7B2%7D%29%20%2B%20%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%20%2B%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%20%7D%7B2%7D%29%20%2B%20%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%20%2B%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B4%7D%20%7D%7B2%7D%29%20%2B%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B4%7D%20%2B%201%7D%20%7B2%7D%29%5D)
![M_{4} = \frac{1}{4} [ f(\frac{1}{8}) + f(\frac{3}{8}) + f(\frac{5}{8}) + f(\frac{7}{8})]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=M_%7B4%7D%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%20%5B%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B8%7D%29%20%2B%20%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B8%7D%29%20%2B%20%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B8%7D%29%20%2B%20f%28%5Cfrac%7B7%7D%7B8%7D%29%5D)
Now, to evaluate your f(x), you need to look at the graph and notice that:
f(x) = x - x³
Therefore:
![M_{4} = \frac{1}{4} [(\frac{1}{8} - (\frac{1}{8})^{3}) + (\frac{3}{8} - (\frac{3}{8})^{3}) + (\frac{5}{8} - (\frac{5}{8})^{3}) + (\frac{7}{8} - (\frac{7}{8})^{3})]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=M_%7B4%7D%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%20%5B%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B8%7D%29%5E%7B3%7D%29%20%2B%20%28%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%28%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B8%7D%29%5E%7B3%7D%29%20%2B%20%28%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%28%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B8%7D%29%5E%7B3%7D%29%20%2B%20%28%5Cfrac%7B7%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%28%5Cfrac%7B7%7D%7B8%7D%29%5E%7B3%7D%29%5D)
![M_{4} = \frac{1}{4} [(\frac{1}{8} - \frac{1}{512}) + (\frac{3}{8} - \frac{27}{512}) + (\frac{5}{8} - \frac{125}{512}) + (\frac{7}{8} - \frac{343}{512})]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=M_%7B4%7D%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%20%5B%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B512%7D%29%20%2B%20%28%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B27%7D%7B512%7D%29%20%2B%20%28%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B125%7D%7B512%7D%29%20%2B%20%28%5Cfrac%7B7%7D%7B8%7D%20-%20%5Cfrac%7B343%7D%7B512%7D%29%5D)
M₄ = 1/4 · (2 - 478/512)
= 0.2666
Hence, the <span>area of the region bounded by y = x³ and y = x</span> is approximately
0.267 square units.
I might want to use the commutative property to change the order of the integers in the following sum before adding the given expression
"-80 + (-173)+(-20)"
As commutative property states that " Changing the order of addends does not change the sum" which means if we add 'a' to 'b' or 'b' to 'a', we will get the same answer.
Therefore, here if we add '-80' to '-173' or '-173' to '-80' , or if we add '-173' to '-20' or '-20' to '-173' , we will get the same answer.
Therefore, we might use commutative property to change the order the of integers in the following sum.