Calculus 2 : Integral Applications

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Calculus 2

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Example Questions

Example Question #33 : Area Under A Curve

Find the area under the curve for  from  to , rounded to the nearest integer.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the area of a region is the same as integrating over the range of the function and it can be rewritten into the following:

Solution:

This function is negative from , and positve everywhere else. Split this integral up into 2 pieces, multiplying  region by , and sum everything up.

First piece:

Second piece:

Sum:

When rounded to the nearest integer, the area under the curve is 

 

 

Example Question #261 : Integrals

Find the area under the curve for  from  to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the area of a region is the same as integrating over the range of the function and it can be rewritten into the following:

Solution:

Rounded to the nearest integer, the area under the curve is 

 

Example Question #91 : Integral Applications

Find the area under the curve for  from  to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the area of a region is the same as integrating over the range of the function and it can be rewritten into the following:

Solution:

 

The area under the curve is 

Example Question #36 : Area Under A Curve

Find the area under the curve for  from  to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the area of a region is the same as integrating over the range of the function and it can be rewritten into the following:

Solution:

This function is negative from  and positve everywhere else. Split this integral up into 3 pieces, multiplying x=[0,\frac{4}{3}] region by -1, and sum everything up.

1st piece:

2nd piece:

3rd piece:

Sum:

When rounded to the nearest integer, the area under the curve is 

Example Question #37 : Area Under A Curve

Find the area under the curve for  from  to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the area of a region is the same as integrating over the range of the function and it can be rewritten into the following:

Solution:

First, simplify the function and then evaluate the integral.

1. Simplify the function

2. Evaluate the integral

The area under the curve is 

 

Example Question #38 : Area Under A Curve

Find the area under the curve for  from  to , when rounded to the nearest integer.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the area of a region is the same as integrating over the range of the function and it can be rewritten into the following:

Solution:

First, simplify the function and then evaluate the integral.

1. Simplify

2. Evaluate the integral

When rounded tot he nearest integer, the area under the curve is 

Example Question #271 : Integrals

Find the area under the curve of  from  to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can represent the area as:

By the fundamental theorem of calculus:

                              

Example Question #31 : Area Under A Curve

Determine: 

 

Hint: Do the inside integral first and then the outside integral second. 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Looking at the inside integral: 

Having done the inside integral, we can do the outside integral

Example Question #2022 : Calculus Ii

Find the area between the two curves given by the functions  and 

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area between two curves  and  is given by the formula , where  is the upper bound curve,  is the lower bound curve, and  and  are the solutions to the equation . The graphs of  and  are given in the figure below:

Cube graphs

As we can see, the graph of  is the upper bound for the area and the graph of  is the lower bound for the area. It is also apparent that the limits of integration are given by  and . To see this algebraically, for graphs often do not give us clear answers for limits of integration, we would solve the equation . Plugging in  and , we obtain:

Setting each factor equal to  gives us , and . With these limits of integration, our integral for the area becomes:

Therefore the area between the curves must be .

Example Question #2022 : Calculus Ii

Find the area in between the parabola  and the x-axis from  to .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To calculate the area between two functions, take the integral of the function on top minus the function on bottom. The intersection of the functions will be the bound on the integral. In this particular case the top function is the parabola described as  and the bottom function is the x-axis, or in other words zero.

Therefore the basic integral looks as follows.

The question indicates the upper and lower bound as  and , applying these bounds to the integral results in,

.

To calculate the integral recall the following rule of integration.

where C represents a constant.

Applying this rule to the integral in question results in,

Substituting in the bounds results in the solution for area.

 

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