In the case where both and are positive, you can see from Figure 3 why (2) is true:
EXAMPLE 1 Find the area of the region bounded above by , bounded below
by , and bounded on the sides by x 苷 0 and x 苷 1.
SOLUTION The region is shown in Figure 4. The upper boundary curve is and
the lower boundary curve is y 苷 x. So we use the area formula (2) with ,
, and :
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In Figure 4 we drew a typical approximating rectangle with width as a reminder of
the procedure by which the area is defined in (1). In general, when we set up an integral
for an area, it’s helpful to sketch the region to identify the top curve , the bottom curve
, and a typical approximating rectangle as in Figure 5. Then the area of a typical rect-
angle is and the equation
summarizes the procedure of adding (in a limiting sense) the areas of all the typical
rectangles.
Notice that in Figure 5 the left-hand boundary reduces to a point, whereas in Figure 3
the right-hand boundary reduces to a point. In the next example both of the side bound-
aries reduce to a point, so the first step is to find a and b.
EXAMPLE 2 Find the area of the region enclosed by the parabolas and
.
SOLUTION We first find the points of intersection of the parabolas by solving their equa-
tions simultaneously. This gives , or . Thus ,
so or 1. The points of intersection are and .
We see from Figure 6 that the top and bottom boundaries are
and
The area of a typical rectangle is
and the region lies between and . So the total area is
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CHAPTER 6 APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATION