Area problem

Calculus Level 3

Find the value of the upper bound in which the absolute value of the area under the function, 1 x 2 1-x^2 , on the interval [1,b] is equal to the area under the interval [0,1].

Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.


The answer is 1.732.

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1 solution

Alex Harman
Aug 18, 2017

Since the function, 1 x 2 0 1-x^2≤0 on the the interval [ 1 , ] [1,\infty] we know that 1 b 1 x 2 d x = 1 b 1 x 2 d x \left| \int_1^b 1-x^2dx \right| = -\int_1^b 1-x^2dx 0 1 1 x 2 d x = 1 b 1 x 2 d x = 1 b 1 x 2 d x \large \int _0^1 1-x^2dx=\left| \int _1^b 1-x^2dx \right| =-\int _1^b 1-x^2dx [ x 1 3 x 3 ] 1 b = [ x 1 3 x 3 ] 0 1 \large -\left[ x-\frac {1}{3} {x}^{3}\right]_1^b =\left[ x-\frac { 1 }{ 3 }x^3\right]_0^1 ( b 1 3 b 3 2 3 ) = 2 3 \large -\left( b-\frac{1}{3}b^3- \frac{2}{3} \right)=\frac{2}{3} b + 1 3 b 3 = 0 b ( 1 1 3 b 2 ) = 0 \large -b+\frac { 1 }{ 3 } { b }^{ 3 }=0\\ \\ \large -b\left( 1-\frac { 1 }{ 3 } { b }^{ 2 } \right) =0 b 1 3 ( 3 b 2 ) = 0 \large -b\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \left( 3-{ b }^{ 2 } \right) =0 3 b 2 = ( 3 b ) ( 3 + b ) = 0 \large { 3-b }^{ 2 }=\left( \sqrt { 3 } -b \right) \left( \sqrt { 3 } +b \right)=0 since b must exist on the interval [ 1 , ] \left[1,\infty\right] then b 1 \large \quad b≥1 b = 3 1.732 \large \therefore b=\sqrt { 3 } \approx 1.732

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