A continuous function is increasing on and decreasing on

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Problem

A continuous function hh is increasing on [0,1][0,1] and decreasing on [1,3][1,3]. The interval [0,3][0,3] is divided into three subintervals of length 11. Let LL and RR denote, respectively, the left and right Riemann sums that use these subintervals to approximate ∫03h(x) dx\displaystyle \int_0^3 h(x)\,dx. Which statement about LL and RR is necessarily true? (a) LL is an underestimate and RR is an overestimate. (b) LL is an overestimate and RR is an underestimate. (c) Neither LL nor RR is guaranteed to be an overestimate or an underestimate. (d) LL and RR are both underestimates.

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