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TOPIC 7
APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATION
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

Topic Concepts Degree of Reference

Importance NCERT Text BookEdition 2007
Applications of (i)Area under Simple Curves * Ex.8.1 Q.1,2,5
Integration (ii) Area of the region enclosed *** Ex. 8.1 Q 10,11 Misc.Ex.Q 7
between Parabola and line
(iii) Area of the region enclosed *** Example 8, page 369
between Ellipse and line Misc.Ex. 8
(iv) Area of the region enclosed *** Ex. 8.1 Q 6
betweenCircle and line

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(v) Area of the region enclosed *** Ex 8.2 Q1, Misc.Ex.Q 15
between Circle and parabola

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(vi) Area of the region enclosed *** Example 10, page370
between Two Circles Ex 8.2 Q2

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(vii) Area of the region enclosed *** Example 6, page368
between Two parabolas
(viii) Area of triangle when
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vertices are given Ex 8.2 Q4
(ix) Area of triangle when sides *** Ex 8.2 Q5 ,Misc.Ex. Q 14
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(x) Miscellaneous Questions *** Example 10, page374
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SOME IMPORTANT RESULTS/CONCEPTS

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** Area of the region PQRSP = dA = y dx = f ( x ) dx .

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 x dy =  g(y) dy
** The area A of the region bounded by the curve x = g (y), y-axis and
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the lines y = c, y = d is given by A=
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ASSIGNMENTS
(i) Area under Simple Curves
LEVEL I

  1 and find its area, using integration,

x 2 y2
1. Sketch the region of the ellipse
25 16
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2. Sketch the region {(x, y) : 4x2 + 9y2 = 36} and find its area, using integration.

(ii) Area of the region enclosed between Parabola and line

LEVEL II
1. Find the area of the region included between the parabola y2 = x and the line x + y = 2.

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2. Find the area of the region bounded by x2 = 4y, y = 2, y = 4 and the y-axis in the first quadrant.
LEVEL III
1. Find the area of the region : ( x , y) : y  x 2  1, y  x  1, 0  x  2

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(iii) Area of the region enclosed between Ellipse and line

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LEVEL II
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  1 and the straight line   1 .
x 2 y2 x y
1. Find the area of smaller region bounded by the ellipse
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(iv) Area of the region enclosed between Circle and line
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1. Find the area of the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the x-axis, the line y = x and the circle x2 + y2 =

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LEVEL III
1. Find the area of the region : (x , y) : x 2  y 2  1 x  y
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(v) Area of the region enclosed between Circle and parabola

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LEVEL III
1. Draw the rough sketch of the region {(x, y): x  6y, x2 + y2 16} an find the area
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enclosed by the region using the method of integration.

2. Find the area lying above the x-axis and included between the circle x2 + y2 = 8x and
the parabola y2 = 4x.
(vi) Area of the region enclosed between Two Circles
LEVEL III
1. Find the area bounded by the curves x + y = 4 and (x + 2)2 + y2 = 4 using
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integration.
(vii) Area of the region enclosed between Two parabolas
LEVEL II

1. Draw the rough sketch and find the area of the region bounded by two parabolas

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4y2 = 9x and 3x2 = 16y by using method of integration.
(viii) Area of triangle when vertices are given
LEVEL III
1. Using integration compute the area of the region bounded by the triangle whose vertices are (2 , 1), (3 , 4),
and (5 , 2).
2. Using integration compute the area of the region bounded by the triangle whose vertices are (–1 , 1), (0 , 5),
and (3 , 2).
(ix) Area of triangle when sides are given
LEVEL III
1. Using integration find the area of the region bounded by the triangle whose sides are
y = 2x + 1, y = 3x + 1, x = 4.
2. Using integration compute the area of the region bounded by the linesx + 2y = 2,
y – x =1, and 2x + y = 7.
(x) Miscellaneous Questions

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LEVEL III
1. Find the area of the region bounded by the curves y = x  1 and y = – x  1 +1.

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2. Find the area bounded by the curve y = x and y = x3.

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3. Draw a rough sketch of the curve y = sinx and y = cosx as x varies from x = 0 to x =
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and find the area of the region enclosed by them and x-axis
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5. Find the area bounded by the curves y = 6x –x2 and y = x2 – 2x.
6. Sketch the graph of y = x  3 and evaluate the area under the curve y = x  3 above x-axis and between
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Questions for self evaluation

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1. Find the area bounded by the curve x2 = 4y and the line x = 4y – 2 .

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2. Find the area bounded by the parabola y = x2 and y = x .

3. Find the area of the region : (x , y) : 0  y  x  1, 0  y  x  1, 0  x  2

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  1 and the line   1.

x 2 y2 x y

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4. Find the area of the smaller region bounded by the ellipse
9 4 3 2
5. Find the area of the region : (x , y): x  y  1,  x  y
2 2

6. Find the area lying above the x-axis and included between the circle x2 + y2 = 8x and the parabola y2 = 4x.

7. Find the area bounded by the curves x2 + y2 = 4 and (x + 2)2 + y2 = 4 using integration.
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8. Using integration compute the area of the region bounded by the triangle whose vertices are (2 , 1), (3 , 4),
and (5 , 2).
9. Using integration compute the area of the region bounded by the lines2x + y = 4,
3x – 2y = 6, and x – 3y + 5 = 0.
 x  2  2, x  2
10. Sketch the graph of : f ( x )   2
 x  2, x2
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 f (x )dx . What does the value of this integral represent on the graph ?
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