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Evaluate the following definite integrals as limit of sums.

    Q4.    \int_{1}^4(x^2-x)dx

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Let 
\\I = \int_{1}^{4}(x^2-x)dx =\int_{1}^{4}x^2dx-\int_{1}^{4}xdx\\ I = I_1-I_2
 

\int_{1}^{4}x^2dx=(4-1)\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }\frac{1}{n}[f(1)+f(1+h)+f(1+2h)+.....+f(1+(n-1)h)]                    =(4-1)\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }\frac{1}{n}[f(1)+f(1+h)+f(1+2h)+.....+f(1+(n-1)h)]\\ =3\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }\frac{1}{n}[1^2+(1+\frac{3}{n})^2+(1+2.\frac{3}{n})^2+......+(1+(n-1).\frac{3}{n})^2]\\ =3\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }\frac{1}{n}[(1^2+..1^2)_{n}+(\frac{3}{n})^2(1^2+2^2+3^2+....+(n-1)^2)+2.\frac{3}{n}(1+2+3..+n-1)]\\ =3\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }\frac{1}{n}[n+\frac{9}{n^2}(\frac{n(n-1)(2n-1)}{6})+\frac{6}{n}(\frac{n(n-1)}{2})]=3\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }\frac{1}{n}[n+\frac{9}{n^2}(\frac{n(n-1)(2n-1)}{6})+\frac{6}{n}(\frac{n(n-1)}{2})]\\ =3\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }[1+\frac{9}{6}(1-\frac{1}{n})(2-\frac{1}{n})+3(1-\frac{1}{n})]\\ =3[1+\frac{9}{6}.2+3]\\ = 21

for the second part, we already know the general solution of \int_{a}^{b}xdx = \frac{(b^2-a^2)}{2}
So, here a = 1 and b = 4
therefore \int_{1}^{4}xdx = \frac{(4^2-1^2)}{2}=\frac{15}{2}

So, I = 21-\frac{15}{2} = \frac{27}{2}

 

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