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Q.Find the area bounded by curves x2+y2=1x^2 + y^2 = 1 and y=∣x∣y = |x|.

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The lines y=xy=x and y=−xy=-x divide the unit circle into four equal 90° sectors; the region bounded by x2+y2=1x^2+y^2=1 above y=∣x∣y=|x| is one such sector, with area π/4\pi/4.

The curve y=∣x∣y=|x| consists of the two rays y=xy=x (for x≥0x\ge0) and y=−xy=-x (for x≤0x\le0), which together with the circle x2+y2=1x^2+y^2=1 bound the region directly above them (i.e. where y≥∣x∣y\ge|x|) inside the circle.

By symmetry about the y-axis:

Area=2∫01/2(1−x2−x)dx\text{Area} = 2\displaystyle\int_0^{1/\sqrt2}\left(\sqrt{1-x^2}-x\right)dx

Using ∫1−x2 dx=x21−x2+12sin⁡−1x\displaystyle\int\sqrt{1-x^2}\,dx = \dfrac{x}{2}\sqrt{1-x^2}+\dfrac12\sin^{-1}x:

∫01/21−x2 dx=[x21−x2+12sin⁡−1x]01/2=14+π8\displaystyle\int_0^{1/\sqrt2}\sqrt{1-x^2}\,dx = \left[\dfrac{x}{2}\sqrt{1-x^2}+\dfrac12\sin^{-1}x\right]_0^{1/\sqrt2} = \dfrac14+\dfrac\pi8

∫01/2x dx=[x22]01/2=14\displaystyle\int_0^{1/\sqrt2} x\,dx = \left[\dfrac{x^2}{2}\right]_0^{1/\sqrt2} = \dfrac14

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