In the heart curve above, goes from the positive intercept to the positive intercept and goes from the positive intercept to the negative intercept and points encloses the region .
If the area of the region of the heart curve can be expressed as , where , and are coprime positive integers and is the golden ratio, find .
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For the x intercept of y 1 = 5 4 ( x − 1 − x 2 ) we obtain:
x 2 + x − 1 = 0 ⟹ x = 2 − 1 ± 5 , since x = − 2 1 + 5 = − ϕ results in a complex valued square root ⟹ x = 2 5 − 1 is the x intercept of y 1 = 5 4 ( x − 1 − x 2 ) .
The equation of the line passing thru A : ( 0 , 5 4 ) and B : ( 2 5 − 1 , 0 ) is:
y = 5 4 ( 5 − 1 − 2 x + 1 ) ⟹
A R 1 = 5 4 ∫ 0 2 5 − 1 ( 1 − 5 − 1 2 x + 1 − x 2 − x ) d x
For ∫ 1 − x 2 d x
Let x = sin ( θ ) ⟹ d x = cos ( θ ) ⟹ ∫ 1 − x 2 d x = ∫ cos 2 ( θ ) d θ = 2 1 ( θ + sin ( θ ) cos ( θ ) ) .
Let β = 2 5 − 1
⟹ ∫ 0 β 1 − x 2 d x = 2 1 arcsin ( β ) + 2 1 β 2 3 ⟹ A R 1 = 5 4 ( 2 1 arcsin ( β ) + 2 1 β 2 3 + ( − 3 2 x 2 3 + x − 5 − 1 x 2 ) ∣ 0 β = 5 2 ( arcsin ( β ) − 3 1 β 2 3 + β )
β = 2 5 − 1 = 2 1 + 5 − 1 = ϕ − 1 ⟹ A R 1 = 5 2 ( arcsin ( ϕ − 1 ) − 3 1 ( ϕ − 1 ) 2 3 + ϕ − 1 ) ⟹ A R = 2 A R 1 = 5 4 ( arcsin ( ϕ − 1 ) − 3 1 ( ϕ − 1 ) 3 / 2 + ϕ − 1 ) = b a 2 ( arcsin ( ϕ − 1 ) − c 1 ( ϕ − 1 ) c / a + ( ϕ − 1 ) ) ⟹ a + b + c = 1 0 .