What is the area of the region enclosed by the curve and the line ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: E.

  1. Step 1: Equate: , so and or .
  2. Step 2: The curve is above the line between these points, so the area is .
  3. Step 3: At : . At : . The difference is .
Answer
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Why not the others: is double the area; , and are not the value of the integral between and .

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