Find the area bounded between and . Give your answer as an exact value.
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First, we find the points of intersection of y 2 = 4 + x and x + 2 y = 4 . Equating x on both sides, we get y 2 − 4 = 4 − 2 y . Solving for y gives us ( − 4 , 2 ) .
We can now integrate x with respect to y . Observe that the area between the two equations is the absolute value of their difference.
A = ∫ − 4 2 y 2 − 4 d y − ∫ − 4 2 4 − 2 y d y = ∫ − 4 2 y 2 + 2 y − 8 d y = [ 3 1 y 3 + y 2 − 8 y ] − 4 2 = 3 6
Hence, the area is 3 6 .