Concept explainers
To find: The area of the parabola curve.
Answer to Problem 40E
The graph has an equation of
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The region bounded by the parabola and the x-axis as shown below,
Formula used:
The x axis represents the horizontal axis and y axis represents the vertical axis.
Calculation:
POSSIBLE ANSWER
One way to approximate the area is by redrawing the parabola into a graph with grids then counts the number of squares (depending on size used). Note that the graph has an equation of
In this case, each square is 1 square unit so the area is approximately.
Conclusion:
The graph has an equation of
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