Find the area of the following two curves.

y= sqrt(x)
y= x-2

1 answer

If you mean x = y^2, then ok.
Otherwise, the two curves do not bound an area.

It's better to integrate over y, and your integrand is just

(y+2) - y^2 for -1 <= y <= 2

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+x%3Dy^2%2C+y%3Dx-2