Problem

Use four rectangles to find an estimate of each type for the area under the graph of $f(x)=\sqrt{2 x}$ from $x=0$ to $x=4$.
1. Take the sample points from the left-endpoints.

Answer: $L_{4}=$
2. Is your estimate $L_{4}$ an underestimate or overestimate of the true area?
Choose one
3. Take the sample points from the right-endpoints.

Answer: $R_{4}=$
4. Is your estimate $R_{4}$ an underestimate or overestimate of the true area? Choose one
5. Take the sample points from the midpoints.

Answer: $M_{4}=$

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Answer

\( L_{4}=\boxed{5.863703305156273} \)

Steps

Step 1 :Divide the interval [0,4] into four equal subintervals with a width of \( \frac{4-0}{4}=1 \)

Step 2 :Calculate the function value at the left-endpoints \( x=0, x=1, x=2, x=3 \) using \( f(x)=\sqrt{2x} \)

Step 3 :Find the area of each rectangle by multiplying the function value by the width

Step 4 :Sum up the areas of all four rectangles to get \( L_{4} \)

Step 5 :\( L_{4}=\boxed{5.863703305156273} \)

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