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trapezoid: A function that calculates the area under a curve based on the Simposon algorithm

Description

A function that calculates the approximate value of the definite integral of a continuous function. In other words, it can help plot the area under the curve of the plotted function between two limits.

Usage

trapezoid(x, y)

Arguments

x
The values to be used along the x-axis while plotting the curve of the function. The x in f(x)=y
y
The values to be used along the y-axis while plotting the curve of the function. The y in the f(x)=y.

Value

The area under the curve plotted with the x and y values provided as arguments.

References

Weisstein, Eric W. "Trapezoidal Rule." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TrapezoidalRule.html

See Also

simpson

Examples

Run this code
x <- seq(0:20)
y <- seq(0, 100, 1)
trapezoid(x,y)

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