Calculus 1 : Area

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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : How To Find Area Of A Region

We have the function f(x)=\sqrt{x} and it is used to form a three-dimensional figure by rotating it about the line y=4. Find the volume of that figure from x=0 to x=5.

Possible Answers:

Area is infinite

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Imagine a point somewhere on the function f(x)=\sqrt{x} and it rotates about y=4 to form a circle with a circumference of 2\pi (4-\sqrt{x}) where (4-\sqrt{x}) is the radius.  You may have to draw a picture/graph to make sure this is clear.

Next, pretend that this circle is a circular strip with thickness \Delta x.  To find the area of that circular strip, we times that thickness by the circumference so that we have

2\pi (4-\sqrt{x})\Delta x

Now, imagine that the three dimensional figure is made up of many of these circular strips.  To find the total volume, we need to sum up the areas of all of these strips.  We do this by turning 2\pi (4-\sqrt{x})\Delta x into an integral from 0 to 5.

Perform your integration

Example Question #12 : How To Find Area Of A Region

Calculate the area between the parabola  and the line .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To calculate the area between these two functions, we are going to need to set up a definite integral, so our first step is to see where our two boundaries intersect. We do this by setting our two functions equal to each other, and solving for the x values at which they intersect:

Here we can see that our two functions intersect at x=5 and x= -1, so these will be the limits for our definite integral. Now that we know our limits, we set up our integral of the function of the upper boundary minus the function for the lower boundary:

Example Question #11 : Area

Find the area under the curve of  from .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area under the curve, integrate the function and evaluate at the bounds.

Example Question #14 : How To Find Area Of A Region

Find the area bounded by  and .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The top curve will be , and the bottom curve will be .  The area is the integral of the top minus the bottom curve.

First, determine the bounds of integration by setting both equations equal to each other, and solve for x.  These values are where both graphs intersect.

The bounds of integration will be from 0 to 1.  Setup and evaluate the integral.

Example Question #15 : How To Find Area Of A Region

What is the area under the curve bounded by  from ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area under the curve is the integral of the function evaluated at the interval given.  

Write the integral to be evaluated.

Example Question #11 : How To Find Area Of A Region

Find the area of the region bounded by the following two curves:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the area of the region bounded by the two curves, we must first find the bounds of the region by determning where the curves intersect:

The curves intersect at x=0 and x=1, so these are the bounds of the region for which we want to determine the area. Our next step is to set up an integral with these bounds, where the bottom curve is subtracted from the upper curve, which can then be evaluated to find the area of the region:

Example Question #17 : How To Find Area Of A Region

Find the area of the region bounded by the following two functions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Before we can find the area of the region bounded by the two curves, we must first determine the bounds of that region by finding where the two functions intersect. We do this by setting them equal to each other and solving for x:

The functions intersect at x=-1 and x=3, so these are the bounds of the area. Now we set up an integral with these bounds, where the lower function is subtracted from the upper function:

Example Question #18 : How To Find Area Of A Region

In units squared, what is the area underneath  on the interval ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area under f(x), we need to evaluate the following:

To Evaluate, perform the following:

Example Question #91 : Regions

Find the area under  from 5 to 17.

Possible Answers:

Cannot be determined

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area under g(x) from 5 to 17 we need to evaluate the following integral:

Example Question #20 : How To Find Area Of A Region

Find the area under the following function on the interval from  to .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area under the curve, we need to evaluate the following integral.

Recall to integrate polynomials, simply increase the exponent by one and divide by that number. So the above integral becomes:

We need to evaluate this on the interval {5,25}, so we plug 25 and 5 and take the difference.

 

So our answer is 76953.33 units squared

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