Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH101/April 2015/Question 08 (a)
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Question 08 (a) |
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Let D be the region below the graph of the curve and above the x-axis. (a) Using an appropriate integral, find the area of the region D; simplify your answer completely. |
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Hint 1 |
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Area under the graph of a function and above the x-axis is given by
where and are the x-intercepts of the graph. |
Hint 2 |
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To evaluate the integral use the substitution: or |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. First we find the integral bounds given in Hint (1), which are the points that the function crosses the x-axis.
Now we have
Note that we used the property of even functions since the integrand is even. To evaluate the integral, let then , then the integral bounds change to
Note that the integral is in the first quadrant, so we choose the angles in this quadrant. Now we can rewrite the integral
Area: |