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Ch. 8 - Techniques of Integration
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.4.59b

Consider the region bounded by the graphs of y = sin⁻¹(x), y = 0, and x = 1/2.
b. Find the centroid of the region.

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In Exercises 11–22, estimate the minimum number of subintervals needed to approximate the integrals with an error of magnitude less than 10^-4 by (b) Simpson’s Rule. (The integrals in Exercises 11–18 are the integrals from Exercises 1–8.)

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