Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 5: Integrals - Section 5.6 - Definite Integral Substitutions and the Area Between Curves - Exercises 5.6 - Page 304: 46

Answer

$4$

Work Step by Step

Graph both functions in the same window (see below). On the interval $x\in[0,2]$, the graph of $y= 7-2x^{2}$ is above the graph of $y=x^{2}+4.$ The area between two graphs over [a,b], where one graph is above the other, is given with $\displaystyle \int_{a}^{b}(y_{above}-y_{below})dt$. Thus, $A=\displaystyle \int_{-1}^{1}[7-2x^{2}-(x^{2}+4)]dx=\int_{-1}^{1}(3-3x^{2})dx$ $=3[x]_{-1}^{1}-3[\displaystyle \frac{x^{3}}{3}]_{-1}^{1}$ $=3(1+1)-(1+1)$ $=6-2$ $=4$
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