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Q.Calculate the area bounded by the parabola y2=4axy^{2}=4ax and its latus rectum.

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Integrate y=2axy=2\sqrt{a}\sqrt{x} from 00 to aa and double for symmetry: area =83a2=\dfrac{8}{3}a^{2} sq. units.

Set up. For y2=4axy^{2}=4ax, y=2a xy=2\sqrt{a}\,\sqrt{x}. The latus rectum is x=ax=a. The bounded region runs from the vertex x=0x=0 to x=ax=a and is symmetric about the xx-axis, so

A=2∫0ay dx=2∫0a2a x dx=4a∫0ax1/2 dx.A=2\int_{0}^{a} y\,dx=2\int_{0}^{a} 2\sqrt{a}\,\sqrt{x}\,dx=4\sqrt{a}\int_{0}^{a} x^{1/2}\,dx.

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