EXAMPLES:

PLANE AREAS IN
RECTANGULAR
COORDINATES
 Example No. 1

Find the area bounded by the parabola

and the line 2x – y = 12.
a. Use horizontal strip
b. Use vertical strip

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
 is a parabola that opens to the right with
vertex at the origin.
 To help determine the limits of integration, find the
intersection points of the curve and the line by
solving their equations simultaneously.

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
Solve for y- coordinate:

intersection points

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
Using Horizontal Strip:

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):

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 Solution (Using Vertical Strip):

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 Solution (Using Vertical Strip):
 The figure shows that the region’s upper boundary is the parabola.
The lower boundary changes from the parabola for 0 ≤ x ≤ 4
to the line for 4 ≤ x ≤ 9. We partition the region at x = 4 into
sub – regions 1 and 2 and draw a representative strip for each.

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 Solution (Using Vertical Strip):
A = A1 + A2

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 Example No. 2

Find the area bounded by the curves

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
 is a parabola that opens to the right
with vertex at the origin (0, 0).
 is a parabola that opens to
the right with vertex at the ( -2, 0).
 To help determine the limits of integration, find the
intersection points of the two parabolas by
solving their equations simultaneously.

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
Solve for x- coordinate:

intersection points

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
Using Horizontal Strip:

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):

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 Solution (Using Horizontal Strip):
Note: Using vertical element of area requires
partitioning of the region into sub – regions both
the upper and the lower boundaries change at
x = 0.

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 Example No. 3

Find the area under the curve y = sinx

from x = 0 to x = π

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 Solution (Using Vertical Strip):
if x = 0 if x = π /2 if x = π

x 0 π/2 π
y 0 1 0

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 Solution (Using Vertical Strip):

1 -1

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