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=== Example 1 ===
 
=== Example 1 ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="float: right"
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| colspan="2" align="center"| [[Image:Simpsonsruleat9.png|300px|Click on the image to get a better view.]]
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!width="200"|Explanation
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!width="100"|Color
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|The '''integrand''' (what is being integrated)
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|''blue line''
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|The '''lower bound'''
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|''green line''
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|The '''upper bound'''
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|''red line''
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|The '''parabola''' that we are using to approximate the area
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|''purple line''
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|The area under both '''f(x)''' ''and'' the '''parabola'''
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|''aqua area''
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|The ''extra'' area that the '''approximation''' count
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|''yellow area''
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|The area that the '''approximation''' ''does not count''
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|''dark read area''
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Given:
 
Given:
 
:<math>\int_1^4 (-x^3 + 4x^2-x+1) dx</math>
 
:<math>\int_1^4 (-x^3 + 4x^2-x+1) dx</math>
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