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Why is the trapezoidal rule named so?
I see. Are there any particular situations where the trapezoidal rule is more useful than others?
The trapezoidal rule is often used when the function being integrated is difficult to evaluate analytically or when only a few function evaluations are possible. It is also useful for numerical differentiation, as it can be used to estimate the derivative of a function at a given point.