Area bounded between two hyperbolas

Calculus Level pending

The figure above shows the graphs of x 2 y 2 = 1 x^2 - y^2 = 1 and y 2 x 2 = 1 y^2 - x^2 = 1 . The graphs are limited to x < 3 | x | < 3 and y < 3 |y| < 3 . The adjacent free ends of the hyperbolas are jointed with straight line segments that have a slope of ± 1 \pm 1 . Find the area bounded by the hyperbolas and the four line segments.


The answer is 9.05.

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Tom Engelsman
May 21, 2021

It's easiest to picture this hyperbolic figure as being inscribed in a square of side length 6 x , y [ 3 , 3 ] 6 \Rightarrow x, y \in [-3,3] . Knowing that y 2 x 2 = 1 y^2-x^2=1 intersects the line y = 3 x = ± 2 2 y=3 \Rightarrow x = \pm 2\sqrt{2} , and the chamfered ends are right-isosceles triangles of side length 3 2 2 3-2\sqrt{2} , the required (and highly-symmetric) area computes according to:

A = 6 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 x 2 + 1 d x 4 [ 1 2 ( 3 2 2 ) 2 ] 9.05 . A = 6^2 - 4\int_{-2\sqrt{2}}^{2\sqrt{2}} 3 - \sqrt{x^2+1} dx - 4[\frac{1}{2}(3-2\sqrt{2})^2] \approx \boxed{9.05}.

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