Whoops, yeah I switched the sign.
Part of what's confusing me is the j=41 under each sigma, where I'm used to seeing 0 or 1. When the function is j or j^2, etc, does this mean that the start point is 41 and 41^2, respectively?
I'm not sure if this even helps me solve the problem, but I'm...
Thanks for the reply. Found out I'm not following at least a couple rules to the forum, but it wouldn't let me delete my post. :/
40, obviously, is my attempt at problem one, but that was with the help of a teacher (not sure if it's correct yet..)
To answer your question, wouldn't that just...
I have a homework question which asks about Reimann sums (which I feel relatively comfortable with), but I just don't know what they're asking. Here's the image
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38457740/maff.bmp