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Q.Using integration, find the area of the region bounded by the line y=3xy = \sqrt{3}x, the curve y=4−x2y = \sqrt{4 - x^2} and the yy-axis in the first quadrant.

CBSECBSE Class XII Board 2023Subjective· 5mImportance★★★★★
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The region is bounded by the yy-axis, the line y=3xy = \sqrt{3}x, and the semicircle y=4−x2y = \sqrt{4 - x^2} in the first quadrant. The area is found by integrating the difference of the curves from x=0x=0 to the intersection point x=1x=1, giving π3\frac{\pi}{3}.

Concept & Intuition

We are asked to find the area of a region in the first quadrant. Three boundaries are given: the yy-axis (which is x=0x=0), a straight line through the origin y=3xy = \sqrt{3}x, and the upper half of a circle y=4−x2y = \sqrt{4 - x^2} (which is x2+y2=4x^2 + y^2 = 4, radius 2, centre at origin). The region is the "slice" between the yy-axis and the line, capped by the circular arc.

The key is to see that the line and the circle intersect somewhere in the first quadrant. For xx from 0 up to that intersection, the circle lies above the line. So the area is the integral of (top curve minus bottom curve) with respect to xx, from x=0x=0 to the xx-coordinate of intersection.

Tip

The line y=3xy = \sqrt{3}x makes an angle of 60∘60^\circ with the xx-axis (since tan⁡60∘=3\tan 60^\circ = \sqrt{3}). The circle is centred at the origin with radius 2. So the region is actually a circular sector of angle 60∘60^\circ minus a triangle — but we'll do it by integration as asked.

Step-by-step solution

1. Find the intersection point of the line and the circle.

Set 3x=4−x2\sqrt{3}x = \sqrt{4 - x^2}. Square both sides (valid since both are non-negative in first quadrant):

3x2=4−x2  ⟹  4x2=4  ⟹  x2=1  ⟹  x=13x^2 = 4 - x^2 \implies 4x^2 = 4 \implies x^2 = 1 \implies x = 1

(We take x=1x=1 because x>0x>0 in first quadrant). Then y=3⋅1=3y = \sqrt{3} \cdot 1 = \sqrt{3}. So the intersection is at (1,3)(1, \sqrt{3}).

2. Identify the upper and lower curves.

For 0≤x≤10 \le x \le 1, compare the two functions:

  • ycircle=4−x2y_{\text{circle}} = \sqrt{4 - x^2}
  • yline=3xy_{\text{line}} = \sqrt{3}x

At x=0x=0: circle gives 22, line gives 00 — circle is above. At x=1x=1: both equal 3\sqrt{3}. Since the circle is concave down and the line is straight, the circle stays above the line for 0≤x<10 \le x < 1. So the upper curve is the circle, the lower curve is the line.

3. Set up the area integral.

Area in the first quadrant between two curves from x=ax=a to x=bx=b is:

Area=∫ab(yupper−ylower) dx\text{Area} = \int_a^b (y_{\text{upper}} - y_{\text{lower}}) \, dx

Here a=0a=0, b=1b=1, so:

Area=∫01(4−x2−3x)dx\text{Area} = \int_0^1 \left( \sqrt{4 - x^2} - \sqrt{3}x \right) dx

4. Evaluate the integral.

Split into two parts:

I1=∫014−x2 dx,I2=∫013x dxI_1 = \int_0^1 \sqrt{4 - x^2} \, dx, \quad I_2 = \int_0^1 \sqrt{3}x \, dx

For I2I_2: …

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