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1 Area under curve =(B6+B5)/2*(A6-A5) Trapezoid Rule

2 Divide curve into series of trapezoids, each with
3 Trapezoid Rule, Method 1 =SUM(C5:C10) area =(average height)(width)
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1 Area under a curve
2 Trapezoid vs. Integration of Regression Equation 5.0
3 y = 2.949E-11x6 - 1.268E-08x 5 + 2.262E-06x 4 - 2.091E-04x 3
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5 T C Trapezoid In C6
6 0 1 60.000 =0.5*(A7-A6)*(B7+B6) 3.5 Area =
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7 20 5 604.463 3.0 height
8 40 55.4462609 363.916
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9 45 90.1201739 375.628
10 50 60.130887 225.681 2.0
11 55 30.1416 131.784 1.5
12 60 22.5718 187.869
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14 80 7.4322 37.161 0.5

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17 area = 2098.67 =SUM(C6:C15)

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20 Linest 1.755E-08 -6.464E-06 9.196E-04 -6.212E-02 1.925E+00 -1.989E+01 1.096E+00
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In B20:H20 =LINEST(B6:B16,A6:A16^{1,2,3,4,5,6}) In I25 =SUM(B25:H25)
22 Integration In I26 =SUM(B26:H26)
In I27 =I26-I25
23 In B25 =(B$20/(B$19+1)*$A25^(B$19+1)) copied to B25:H26
24 T value
25 10 0.025 -1.077 18.392 -155.306 641.573 -994.350 10.965 ### sum
26 100 ### ### 1839158.888 ### ### -99434.982 109.648 ### sum
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