CPM Homework Help : CALC Problem 1-161

The parabola $y = -(x - 3)^2 + 4$ is graphed below. Use four trapezoids of equal width to approximate the area under the parabola for $1 ≤ x ≤ 5$ . Is this area an over or an under estimate of the true area under the parabola? Explore this using the Estimating Area Under a Curve eTool (Desmos).

Hint:

$\text{Area}=\frac{1}{2}(b_1+b_2)h$
The height of each trapezoid is $1$ . The bases are determined by the function.

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