MTH 252

Section 5.2
Exercise 24
Justin Drawbert
July 14, 2010

In James Stewart’s Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 4th Edition, Section 5.2, Exercise 24, we
are asked to use the definition of the integral given in Theorem 4 (on page 345) to evaluate the
integral Z 5
(1 + 2x3 )dx
0

Theorem 4: If f is integral on [a, b] , then

Z b Xn
f (x)dx = lim f (x)∆x
a n→∞
i=1
b−a
Where ∆x = and xi = a + i∆x
n
We also recall that
n  2
X
3 n(n + 1)
i = (1)
i=1
2
n
X
c = nc (2)
i=1
n
X n
X
cai = c ai (3)
i=1 i=1

Thus by, Theorem 4, Z 5

(1 + 2x3 )dx,
0
5−0 5 5i
∆x = = and xi = 0 + i∆x =
n n n

1
With that we are ready to evaluate the limit
5 n  
5i 5
Z X
(1 + 2x3 )dx = lim f ·
0 n→∞
i=1
n n
n
"  3 #
X 5i 5
= lim 1+2 ·
n→∞
i=1
n n
n
"  3 #
5X 5i
= lim 1+2 (by 3)
n→∞ n n
i=1
n   
5X 125 3
= lim 1+2 i
n→∞ n
i=1
n3
n  
5X 250 3
= lim 1+ 3 i
n→∞ n n
i=1
(  2 )
5 250 n(n + 1)
= lim 1n + 3 (by 1 and 2)
n→∞ n n 2
1250 (n2 + n)2
  
= lim 5 + 4
n→∞ n 4
( "
#)
1250  n 1 + n2 + n12
4
= lim 5 + 4
n→∞ n
 4
2 1 
1 + n n2
 
= lim 5 + 1250
n→∞ 4
 
1+0+0
= 5 + 1250
4
625
=5+
2
635
= = 317.5
2
This lab is neat because it deals with equations with sigma notation. Which, prior to Calculus
(unless we took statistics or something), we probably would not have seen to much of. It can be a
bit overwhelming at first, but once you realize what’s going on, it’s not actually that bad.