Year: 1994
Paper: 2
Question Number: 4
Course: LFM Pure
Section: Integration
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By considering the area of the region defined in terms of Cartesian
coordinates $(x,y)$ by \[
\{(x,y):\ x^{2}+y^{2}=1,\ 0\leqslant y,\ 0\leqslant x\leqslant c\},
\]
show that
\[
\int_{0}^{c}(1-x^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}\,\mathrm{d}x=\tfrac{1}{2}[c(1-c^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}+\sin^{-1}c],
\]
if $0 < c\leqslant1.$
Show that the area of the region defined by
\[
\left\{ (x,y):\ \frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}}=1,\ 0\leqslant y,\ 0\leqslant x\leqslant c\right\} ,
\]
is
\[
\frac{ab}{2}\left[\frac{c}{a}\left(1-\frac{c^{2}}{a^{2}}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}+\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{c}{a}\right)\right],
\]
if $0 < c\leqslant a$ and $0 < b.$
Suppose that $0 < b\leqslant a.$ Show that the area of intersection
$E\cap F$ of the two regions defined by
\[
E=\left\{ (x,y):\ \frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}}\leqslant1\right\} \qquad\mbox{ and }\qquad F=\left\{ (x,y):\ \frac{x^{2}}{b^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{a^{2}}\leqslant1\right\}
\]
is
\[
4ab\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{b}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}\right).
\]