A question that provides an explicit function formula and asks students to compute a Riemann sum (left, right, or midpoint) over specified subintervals and compare it to the exact integral value.
The trapezium rule with 4 strips is used to estimate the integral: $$\int _ { - 2 } ^ { 2 } \sqrt { 4 - x ^ { 2 } } d x$$ What is the positive difference between the estimate and the exact value of the integral?
$$\begin{aligned}
& f : [ 1,3 ] \rightarrow [ 2,10 ] \\
& f ( x ) = 1 + x ^ { 2 }
\end{aligned}$$ The interval $[ 1,3 ]$ is divided into two subintervals of equal length, and the right endpoints of these subintervals are marked as $x _ { 1 }$ and $x _ { 2 }$. Then, two rectangles are drawn with each subinterval as the base and heights $f \left( x _ { 1 } \right), f \left( x _ { 2 } \right)$ respectively. If the sum of the areas of these rectangles is A and the area of the region between the function f and the x-axis is B, what is the difference A - B in square units? A) $\frac { 11 } { 2 }$ B) $\frac { 13 } { 3 }$ C) $\frac { 15 } { 4 }$ D) $\frac { 19 } { 6 }$ E) $\frac { 23 } { 6 }$