If the area under the curve can be expressed in the form , where and are coprime, positive integers, what is ?
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Firstly, we find where the curve cuts the x -axis.
4 x − x 2 = x ( 4 − x ) = 0 ⟹ x = 0 or 4
Hence the area under the curve
= ∫ 0 4 ( 4 x − x 2 ) d x
= [ 2 x 2 − 3 x 3 ] 0 4
= ( 3 2 − 3 6 4 ) − 0
= 3 3 2
Hence a = 3 2 , b = 3 , and a + b + a b = 3 2 + 3 + 3 2 ⋅ 3 = 1 3 1 .