What is the area bound by the lines , , , and ?
Hint: Plotting these graphs may be helpful.
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From the graph below, we can see that we just need to find the area between y = 2 x and y = 3 from x = 5 to x = 1 0 , and then subtract the area of the cross-hatched triangle, which is clearly 2 1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) = 2 .
So the area we're looking for is
∫ 5 1 0 ( 2 x − 3 ) d x − 2 = [ 3 4 x 3 − 3 x ] 5 1 0 − 2 = ( 3 4 0 1 0 − 3 0 ) − ( 3 2 0 5 − 1 5 ) − 2 = 3 4 0 1 0 − 2 0 5 − 1 7 ≈ 1 0 . 2 6