EasyCalculusca-368

Trapezoid on Exponential Samples

Problem

Sample f(x) = exp(x) at n + 1 equally spaced points on [a, b] and integrate with the trapezoidal rule.

Given a, b, and n, return the estimate. Return 0.0 when n < 1.

Hint

Build the sample heights analytically instead of a list first.

case 1

in: [0,1,10]

expected: 1.7197134913893146

case 2

in: [0,2,4]

expected: 6.521610109481282

case 3

in: [-1,1,100]

expected: 2.3504807335115396

Starter codePython

def trapezoid_on_exponential_samples(a, b, n):
    # Your code here
    pass

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