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Q.Using method of integration, find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (1,0),(2,2)(1, 0), (2, 2) and (3,1)(3, 1).

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Using method of integration, find the area of the region enclosed between two circles x2+y2=4x^2 + y^2 = 4 and (x−2)2+y2=4(x - 2)^2 + y^2 = 4.
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Part (a): the triangle has area 32\dfrac{3}{2} sq units. Part (b): the region common to the two circles has area 8π3−23\dfrac{8\pi}{3}-2\sqrt3 sq units.

Part (a)

We compute the area of the triangle A(1,0),B(2,2),C(3,1)A(1,0),B(2,2),C(3,1) by integration. Ordering the vertices by their xx-coordinate, the upper boundary is made of segments AB (for 1≤x≤21\le x\le2) and BC (for 2≤x≤32\le x\le3), while AC is the lower boundary throughout.

Equations of the sides (two-point form y−y1=y2−y1x2−x1(x−x1)y-y_1=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}(x-x_1)):

yAB=2x−2,yBC=−x+4,yAC=12x−12.y_{AB}=2x-2,\qquad y_{BC}=-x+4,\qquad y_{AC}=\tfrac12x-\tfrac12.

Set up the area as (upper −- lower):

A=∫12(yAB−yAC)dx+∫23(yBC−yAC)dx.A=\int_1^2\big(y_{AB}-y_{AC}\big)dx+\int_2^3\big(y_{BC}-y_{AC}\big)dx.

∫12(32x−32)dx=[34x2−32x]12=(3−3)−(34−32)=34,\int_1^2\Big(\tfrac32x-\tfrac32\Big)dx=\left[\tfrac34x^2-\tfrac32x\right]_1^2=(3-3)-\Big(\tfrac34-\tfrac32\Big)=\tfrac34,

∫23(−32x+92)dx=[−34x2+92x]23=(−274+272)−(−3+9)=274−6=34.\int_2^3\Big(-\tfrac32x+\tfrac92\Big)dx=\left[-\tfrac34x^2+\tfrac92x\right]_2^3=\Big(-\tfrac{27}{4}+\tfrac{27}{2}\Big)-(-3+9)=\tfrac{27}{4}-6=\tfrac34. …

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