Determine the lengths of the closed intervals in the partition $\{-10.5,10.5,32,563.4,1000\}$.

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Lesson Parent: 
Integration II: Partitioning the x-axis.
Problem: 

Determine the lengths of the closed intervals in the partition $\{-10.5,10.5,32,563.4,1000\}$.

Answer: 

The lengths are 21, 21.5, 531.4, and 436.6, respectively.

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Recall that the partition is how we break up a closed interval. The partition breaks the closed interval <Sign in to see all the formulas> into the four closed intervals

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