The figure above shows the graphs of and . The graphs are limited to and . The adjacent free ends of the hyperbolas are jointed with straight line segments that have a slope of . Find the area bounded by the hyperbolas and the four line segments.
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It's easiest to picture this hyperbolic figure as being inscribed in a square of side length 6 ⇒ x , y ∈ [ − 3 , 3 ] . Knowing that y 2 − x 2 = 1 intersects the line y = 3 ⇒ x = ± 2 2 , and the chamfered ends are right-isosceles triangles of side length 3 − 2 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 [ 2 1 ( 3 − 2 2 ) 2 ] ≈ 9 . 0 5 .