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Ch. 6 - Applications of Integration
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 6, Problema 6.2.63

Find the area of the shaded regions in the following figures.
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Step 1: Identify the boundaries of the shaded region. The shaded region is enclosed by three curves: y = 8x (red line), y = 5/2x (green line), and y = 9 - x^2 (parabola).
Step 2: Determine the points of intersection between the curves. Solve for the x-coordinates where y = 8x intersects y = 9 - x^2 and where y = 5/2x intersects y = 9 - x^2. Set the equations equal to each other and solve for x.
Step 3: Set up the integral to calculate the area. The area is found by integrating the difference between the upper curve (y = 9 - x^2) and the lower curves (y = 8x and y = 5/2x) over their respective intervals. Divide the integral into two parts: one for the interval where y = 8x is the lower curve and another for the interval where y = 5/2x is the lower curve.
Step 4: Write the integral expressions. For the first interval (from x = 0 to the intersection of y = 8x and y = 9 - x^2), the area is given by ∫[0, intersection] (9 - x^2 - 8x) dx. For the second interval (from the intersection of y = 5/2x and y = 9 - x^2 to the intersection of y = 8x and y = 9 - x^2), the area is given by ∫[intersection, intersection] (9 - x^2 - 5/2x) dx.
Step 5: Combine the results of the integrals to find the total area. Evaluate each integral separately and add them together to obtain the total area of the shaded region.

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