Question: (a) Find the Riemann sum for with four terms, taking the sample points to be right endpoints. (Give your answer correct to six decimal places.)

(a) Find the Riemann sum forf(x) = 1/x, 1 < x< 2,  with four terms, taking the sample points to be right endpoints.
(Give your answer correct to six decimal places.) Explain what the Riemann sum represents with the aid of a sketch.

(b) Repeat part (a) with midpoints as the sample points.

f(x) = 1/x, 1 < x < 2,

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