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what is Trapezoidal rule? How does it work in finding the area under the curve(s)?
This probably takes up a whole section in your Chapter on Area & Integration, too large a topic to explain here.
You might want to look at this.
http://www.intmath.com/Integration/5_Trapezoidal-rule.php

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