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4-154.

If is a positive integer, write a definite integral to represent .

You should recognize this Riemann sum as the Definition of an Integral.

Thus, your job is to connect the given Riemann sum to the parts of an integral:

Start by answering these questions: What represents ? What represents the integrand, ? What are the bounds?

What represents ?
is the infinitely small widths of the infinitely many rectangles.
 can be represented by the expression.

Substitute:

You probably want to factor out the 2

What represents the integrand, ?
In order to identify the , you need to find the variable, .
Look for the part of the series that is changing: the numerators!
The first numerator is , then , then , then ...
Now each variable is being divided by

because we are evaluating values that are infinitely close together.
So
Substitute:

What are the bounds?
The bounds are the smallest input and the largest input into the variable.
Since the integrand is , where

Let's look at the smallest and largest value of .
The smallest value of is

The largest value of is

So the bounds are form to .
Substitute: