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Application of Integrals

The document discusses various applications of integrals in class 12 math, including using integrals to find the area under curves and between two curves. It provides an example of finding the area of a circle using integrals, setting up the integral from 0 to a of the square root of a^2 - x^2 dx and evaluating it to get the area as πa^2. Important questions and examples from previous years covering additional applications of integrals like finding areas of triangles and regions bounded by curves are also included.

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Application of Integrals

The document discusses various applications of integrals in class 12 math, including using integrals to find the area under curves and between two curves. It provides an example of finding the area of a circle using integrals, setting up the integral from 0 to a of the square root of a^2 - x^2 dx and evaluating it to get the area as πa^2. Important questions and examples from previous years covering additional applications of integrals like finding areas of triangles and regions bounded by curves are also included.

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Application of Integrals

Concepts:
Chapter 8 – Application of Integrals class 12 CBSE covers the following
concepts:

 Introduction
 Areas and Simple curves
 The area of a region bounded by a curve and a line
 The area between the two curves

From the previous classes, we are already aware of the various method of
integration in maths. In this article, let us look at the various application of
integrals class 12 Maths.

One of the major application of integrals is in determining the area under the
curves.

Consider a function y = f(x), then the area is given as


A = f b/a dA = f b/a y.dx = f b/a f(x)dx

Consider the two curves having equation of f(x) and g(x), the area between
the region a,b of the two curves is given as-

dA = f(x) – g(x)]dx, and the total area A can be taken as-

A = f b/a I f(x) – g(x) I dx

Application of Integrals Example


Example:

Determine the area enclosed by the circle x2 + y2 = a2

Solution:

Given, circle equation is x2 + y2 = a2

From the given figure, we can say that the whole area enclosed by the given
circle is as

= 4(Area of the region AOBA bounded by the curve, coordinates x=0 and x=a,
and the x-axis)
As the circle is symmetric about both x-axis and y-axis, the equation can be
written as

= 4 0∫a y dx (By taking the vertical strips) ….(1)

From the given circle equation, y can be written as

y = ±√(a2-x2)

As the region, AOBA lies in the first quadrant of the circle, we can take y as
positive, so the value of y becomes √(a2-x2)

Now, substitute y = √(a2-x2) in equation (1), we get

= 4 0∫a √(a2-x2) dx

Integrate the above function, we get

= 4 [(x/2)√(a2-x2) +(a2/2)sin-1(x/a)]0 a

Now, substitute the upper and lower limit, we get

= 4[{(a/2)(0)+(a2/2)sin-1 1}-{0}]

= 4(a2/2)(π/2)

= πa2.

Hence, the area enclosed by the circle x2 +y2 =a2 is πa2.

Let’s have a look at the example to understand how to find the area of the
region bounded by a curve and a line.
Important Questions

1.Using integration, find the area of ∆ ABC, the coordinates of


whose vertices are A (2, 5), B(4, 7) and C(6, 2).

2.Using integration, find the area of triangle whose vertices are (2,
3), (3, 5) and (4, 4).

3. Find the area of the region lying above X-axis and included
between the circle x2 + y2 = 8x and inside the parabola y2 = 4x.

4. Using method of integration, find the area of the triangle whose


vertices are (1, 0), (2, 2) and (3, 1).
5. Using integration, find the area of the triangular region whose
sides have the equations y = 2x + 1, y = 3x + 1 and x = 4.
6. Using integration, find the area of the triangular region whose
vertices are (2, – 2), (4, 3) and (1, 2).
7. Find the area of the region {(x, y): y2 ≤ 4x, 4x2 + 4y2 ≤ 9}, using
method of integration.
Previous Years Questions

1. Find the area bounded by the curve x=2−y−y2 and y-


axis.
2. What is the area of the region bounded by the line 3x -
5y = 15, x =1, x = 3 and x-axis in sq unit ?
3. Area of loop of the curve r=asin2θ is
4. Area of the region bounded by y=∣x∣ and y=−∣x∣+2 is
5. The area of the region bounded by the curve y=x3, its
tangent at (1,1) and x−axis is
6. The area of the region enclosed between
parabola y2=x and the line y=mx is 1/48
7. The area bounded by the curves y=−x2+3 and y=0 is

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