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Let us first find the points of intersection between these three parabolic curves. Substitution of either of the first two into the third yields:
( x 2 ) 2 = 4 x − 3 ⇒ x 4 − 4 x + 3 = 0 ⇒ ( x − 1 ) 2 ( x 2 + 2 x + 3 ) = 0 ⇒ x = 1 , − 1 ± 2 i .
With x = 1 being the only real root we now have y = ± 1 . To find the bounded area, I will integrate with respect to y as this area is symmetric with respect to the x-axis:
A = 2 ∫ 0 1 4 y 2 + 3 − y d y ⇒ 2 [ 1 2 y 3 + 4 3 y − 3 2 y 2 3 ] ∣ 0 1 ⇒ 3 1 .