Riemann sum question, with picture

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Homework Statement

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It does appear to be a Riemann sum, I figured the 1/n is probably the width of the intervals and the sum in brackets is related to the sums of the heights of the rectangles. But my class didn't spend much time on Riemann sum's so I'm not sure I know how to continue.
 
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Yes, 1/n is the width of the intervals which means that x= x0+ i/n for i= 0, 1, ..., to (x1- x0)n. So it looks like we have f(x0+ i/n)= (i/n)^2 and i is running from 0 to 3n. Looks to me like the limits of integration are 0 and 3 and the integrand is x2.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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