The area of the region enclosed between the parabolas y2 = 2x - 1 and ...
To find the area of the region enclosed between the parabolas y^2 = 2x - 1 and y^2 = 4x - 3, we need to first determine the points of intersection between the two parabolas.
To find the points of intersection, we can equate the right-hand sides of the two equations:
2x - 1 = 4x - 3
Rearranging the equation, we get:
2x - 4x = -3 + 1
-2x = -2
Dividing both sides by -2, we get:
x = 1
Substituting this value of x back into either of the equations, we can find the corresponding y-coordinate:
y^2 = 2(1) - 1
y^2 = 1
Taking the square root of both sides, we get:
y = ±1
So, the points of intersection between the parabolas are (1, 1) and (1, -1).
To find the area of the region enclosed between the parabolas, we integrate the difference between the two curves with respect to x over the interval where the curves intersect.
First, let's find the equation of the upper curve and the lower curve. From the equations of the parabolas, we can see that y^2 = 4x - 3 represents the upper curve and y^2 = 2x - 1 represents the lower curve.
Since the points of intersection are symmetric about the x-axis, we can integrate from x = 0 to x = 1 and multiply the result by 2 to get the total area.
Using the formula for the area between two curves, the area of the region enclosed between the parabolas is given by:
A = 2∫[0,1] (upper curve - lower curve) dx
= 2∫[0,1] ((4x - 3) - (2x - 1)) dx
= 2∫[0,1] (2x - 2) dx
= 2(∫[0,1] 2x dx - ∫[0,1] 2 dx)
= 2[x^2]0^1 - 2[2x]0^1
= 2(1^2 - 0^2) - 2(2(1) - 2(0))
= 2(1) - 2(2)
= 2 - 4
= -2
Since the area cannot be negative, we take the absolute value:
|A| = |-2| = 2
Therefore, the area of the region enclosed between the parabolas y^2 = 2x - 1 and y^2 = 4x - 3 is 2.
The correct answer is option A.
The area of the region enclosed between the parabolas y2 = 2x - 1 and ...
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