Asked by Michael

Find the area of the region enclosed by the given curves:

4x+y^2=9, x=2y

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Answered by Steve
First, find where they intersect.

4x+y^2=9, x=2y
4(2y) + y^2 = 9
y^2 + 8y - 9 = 0
(y+9)(y-1) = 0

So, it might be easier to integrate in the y-direction:

∫[-9,1] (y^2-9)/4 - 2y dy
∫[-9,1] y^2/4 - 2y - 9/4 dy
y^3/12 - y^2 - 9/4 y [-9,1]
(-729/12 - 81 + 81/4) - (1/12 - 1 - 9/4)
355/3
Answered by Michael
Unfortunately, that answer is not right...

This is the last problem on my homework and I've been stuck on it for about an hour. Its very frustrating
Answered by Steve
How about 125/3 ?

If you had read my posting carefully (as I did not) you'd have noticed that it should have been

(9-y^2)/4
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