JEE Advance - Mathematics (2006 - No. 3)
Let the definite integral be defined by the formula
$$\int\limits_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = {{b - a} \over 2}\left( {f\left( a \right) + f\left( b \right)} \right).} $$ For more accurate result for
$$c \in \left( {a,b} \right),$$ we can use $$\int\limits_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = \int\limits_a^c {f\left( x \right)dx + \int\limits_c^b {f\left( x \right)dx = F\left( c \right)} } } $$ so
that for $$c = {{a + b} \over 2},$$ we get $$\int\limits_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = {{b - a} \over 4}\left( {f\left( a \right) + f\left( b \right) + 2f\left( c \right)} \right).} $$
$$\int\limits_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = {{b - a} \over 2}\left( {f\left( a \right) + f\left( b \right)} \right).} $$ For more accurate result for
$$c \in \left( {a,b} \right),$$ we can use $$\int\limits_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = \int\limits_a^c {f\left( x \right)dx + \int\limits_c^b {f\left( x \right)dx = F\left( c \right)} } } $$ so
that for $$c = {{a + b} \over 2},$$ we get $$\int\limits_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = {{b - a} \over 4}\left( {f\left( a \right) + f\left( b \right) + 2f\left( c \right)} \right).} $$
$$\int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\sin x\,dx = } $$
$${\pi \over 8}\left( {1 + \sqrt 2 } \right)$$
$${\pi \over 4}\left( {1 + \sqrt 2 } \right)$$
$${\pi \over {8\sqrt 2 }}$$
$${\pi \over {4\sqrt 2 }}$$
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