What is the Integral Being Approximated by the Given Riemann Sum?

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Homework Statement


For which integral, is the below example, a Riemann sum approximation.?
The example is: 1/30( sqrt(1/30) + sqrt(2/30) + sqrt(3/30)+...+sqrt(30/30))
A. Integral 0 to 1 sqrt(x/30)
B. Integral 0 to 1 sqrt(x)
C. (1/30) Integral 0 to 30 sqrt(x)
D. (1/30) Integral 0 to 1 sqrt(x)
E. (1/30) Integral 0 to 1 sqrt(x/30)


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The Attempt at a Solution


Honestly, I don't have a clue on how to ascertain this question. I understand that Riemann sums are basically a crude estimation of the area under a curve using rectangles. Can someone tell me which one is right and say why.
 
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try writing out what the terms look like and see if you can figure out what it looks like. think about what each term means. distribute the 1/30. and think how reimann sums are constructed. see if that helps.
 
What I meant in my previous post was to actually graph your problem. Then superimpose the curve over it. It should be pretty obvious at that point what you're approximating.
 
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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