In the figure above, the red, blue, green, and purple curves represent , , , and respectively. The area of the shaded region can be expressed as , where and are square-free. Find .
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It is the x-coordinate of the intersection between the red and green lines is the solution to sin ( x ) = 1 − sin ( x ) , 0 ≤ x ≤ π , which is x = 6 π .
Using the same methods, we can find that the intersection between the blue and the red lines has an x-coordinate of 4 π , that between the purple and green lines 4 π , and that between the blue and purple lines 3 π .
As the shaded region is symmetric, it is double the area enclosed from x = 6 π to x = 4 π , which can be calculated by the integral of the red line minus the green line.
The shaded area is therefore
2 ∫ 6 π 4 π ( sin ( x ) − ( 1 − sin ( x ) ) ) d x
= 2 ∫ 6 π 4 π ( 2 sin ( x ) − 1 ) d x
= 2 [ − 2 cos ( x ) − x ] 6 π 4 π
= 2 ( − 2 2 3 − 6 π + 2 2 2 + 4 π )
= 2 ( 3 − 2 ) − 6 π
So A = 2 , B = 3 , C = 2 , D = 6 , giving the answer of 1 3 .