Find the area of region bounded by the curve .
Let the answer be in the form than find the value of
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We note that the curve a 2 y 2 = x 2 ( a 2 − x 2 ) has two loops symmetrical to both the x- and y-axes for x ∈ [ − a , a ] as follows.
The area bounded by the curve A is therefore 4 times that of the curve in the first quadrant.
A = 4 ∫ 0 a y d x = 4 ∫ 0 a x 1 − a 2 x 2 d x Let a x = sin θ ⇒ d x = a cos θ d θ = 4 a 2 ∫ 0 2 π sin θ cos 2 θ d θ we note that d cos θ = − sin θ d θ = 4 a 2 ∫ 0 1 cos 2 θ d cos θ = 4 a 2 [ 3 cos 3 θ ] 0 1 = 3 4 a 2
⇒ p + q + r = 4 + 3 + 2 = 9
Note: It should be q p a r instead of q p x r in the problem.