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Simpsons Rule???????

  • 13-06-2010 4:49pm
    #1
    coughlan08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭


    can someone please explain this rule?
    ive seen them use 2 different formulas.
    in 2007 they say 2(odds)+4(evens)
    in 2008 they say 2(evens) + 4(odds)

    which is it or is it different from year to year..
    thanks


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  • #2
    djan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭djan


    SImpsons rule h/3+ [1st + Last + 2(Odds0 + 4(Evens)]


  • #3
    slasher_65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭slasher_65


    coughlan08 wrote: »
    can someone please explain this rule?
    ive seen them use 2 different formulas.
    in 2007 they say 2(odds)+4(evens)
    in 2008 they say 2(evens) + 4(odds)

    which is it or is it different from year to year..
    thanks

    Remember TOFE: Two times the Odds, Four times the Evens.

    No idea where they got the other version from.


  • #4
    coughlan08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭coughlan08


    i know they used this formula 2(evens)+ 4(odds) in 2008,,why???
    i went on to examinations.ie and it completly threw me of course when it came to understanding the rule,as they have different simpsons rule formulas for different years..wtf like....


  • #5
    djan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭djan


    Its a mistake....


  • #6
    Captain-America
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    They didn't, you must have misread it. Look at the marking scheme.


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  • #7
    Lawliet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭Lawliet


    coughlan08 wrote: »
    i know they used this formula 2(evens)+ 4(odds) in 2008,,why???
    i went on to examinations.ie and it completly threw me of course when it came to understanding the rule,as they have different simpsons rule formulas for different years..wtf like....
    Must have been a mistake, 2(odds)+4(evens) is what's in the log tables.


  • #8
    Rich1691
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭Rich1691


    its definitely h/3 [ first + last + 2(odd) + 4(even)]


  • #9
    Cook!eMonster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭Cook!eMonster


    h/3 [first+last+TOFE]


  • #10
    coughlan08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭coughlan08


    would someone do 2009 so for me,because i get a different answer when i do the correct way to the back of the book..
    thanks in advance


  • #11
    UpTheSlashers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭UpTheSlashers


    slasher_65 wrote: »
    Remember TOFE: Two times the Odds, Four times the Evens.

    No idea where they got the other version from.

    This is how i remember it


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  • #12
    corolla 1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭corolla 1991


    The formula is in the log tables, just read it from that!!


  • #13
    SYLT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭SYLT


    coughlan08 wrote: »
    would someone do 2009 so for me,because i get a different answer when i do the correct way to the back of the book..
    thanks in advance

    And me as well.


  • #14
    ldxo15wus6fpgm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭ldxo15wus6fpgm


    coughlan08 wrote: »
    would someone do 2009 so for me,because i get a different answer when i do the correct way to the back of the book..
    thanks in advance

    You're lucky I did this like an hour ago :p got 137 m^2

    formula: h/3 (y1 + yn + 2(y3 + y5 ...) + 4 (y2 + y4 ...))

    put it into the question:
    3/3 (9 + 4 + 2(9+7) + 4(10 + 8 + 5))

    which is:
    1(13 + 2(16) + 4(23)) =

    13 + 32 + 92 = 137. Seeing as it's area it's m^2 :)


  • #15
    coughlan08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭coughlan08


    thanks boi,,nice one...
    now i must learn how to do another 20 or so topics...:(


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