APPLICATIONS OF

INTEGRATION

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 LEARNING OBJECTIVES :

At the end of the module , you should be able to :

 Find areas of region that lie between two or

more functions

 Find volume of solids

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 AREA UNDER A CURVE
The area A of the region bounded by the curve
y=f(x) , the x-axis, the line x = a and x = b is

Note : If A is negative, it means that the area A is

below the x-axis.
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 AREA UNDER A CURVE
The area A of the region bounded by the curve
x=f(y) , the y-axis, the line y = a and y = b is

Note : If A is negative, it means that the area A is

below (to the left of)the y-axis.
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 EXAMPLE 1
Evaluate the area under the curve
between and x-axis.
SOLUTION

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 EXAMPLE 2
Find the area under the curve and line
and y- axis

SOLUTION

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 AREAS BETWEEN CURVES

The area A of the region bounded by the

curves and the lines
where f and g are continuous and

is

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 EXAMPLE 1
Find the area enclosed by
SOLUTION

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 EXAMPLE 2

Find the area enclosed by these lines

SOLUTION

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 EXAMPLE 3
Sketch the region enclosed by the curves
and find its area.
SOLUTION

Method 1

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 Method 2

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 EXAMPLE 4
Find the area of the region bounded by the curves

SOLUTION

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 EXAMPLE 5
Find the area enclosed by the line
and the parabola
SOLUTION

The area is found by

integrating with
respect to y.

We must integrate
between the
appropriate y-values
i.e y = -2 and y = 4

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 Need to solve the two equations to find the
intersection points

The intersection points are (-1, -2) and (5,4)

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 EXAMPLE 6

Find the area of the region bounded above by

, bounded below by and
bounded by the sides by and

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 SOLUTION

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 EXAMPLE 7

Find the area of the region enclosed

by the parabolas

and

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 SOLUTION

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 PRACTICE.
1. Evaluate the area under the curve
between x=1 and x=2.
[ans : 19/3]

2. Find the area under the curve

between x=1 and x=3.
[ans : - 16/3]

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