is the area of all the circles tangential to both the x-axis and y-axis whose centers are on the curve What is
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If P ( x 0 , x 0 2 − 6 ) is the center point, then the family of circles in question has the requirement x 0 = x 0 2 − 6 to ensure tangency to both coordinate axes. This yields x 0 2 − x 0 − 6 = ( x 0 − 3 ) ( x 0 + 2 ) = 0 ⇒ x 0 = − 2 , 3 . Since the parabola is symmetric with respect to the y − axis, we have four such circles with center points ( ± 3 , 3 ) ; ( ± 2 , − 2 ) and corresponding radii of 3 and 2 . The total circular area calculates to 2 ( π 2 2 + π 3 2 ) = 2 6 π .