Question21. Find the area of the region under the graph of the function on the interval .
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
What is this asking?
We need to find the area underneath the curve between and .
Watch out!
Don't forget that the area *under* a curve means the area between the curve and the x-axis.
Also, make sure we're looking at the correct interval!
STEP 2
1. Define the function and interval
2. Calculate the definite integral
3. Simplify the result
STEP 3
Alright, so we've got our **function** .
We're looking at the **interval** from to .
This means we're finding the definite integral of from **0** to **2**.
STEP 4
The definite integral represents the area under the curve.
Let's **calculate** it!
We'll use the power rule for integration, which says , where is the constant of integration.
Since this is a *definite* integral, the constant of integration will add to zero when we subtract the values of the integral at the bounds.
STEP 5
So, we have: Let's integrate term by term: Applying the power rule:
STEP 6
Now, we **evaluate** at the **upper bound** () and **subtract** the evaluation at the **lower bound** ():
STEP 7
To subtract the fraction, let's get a common denominator.
We can rewrite as and multiply by to get a common denominator of :
STEP 8
The area under the graph of on the interval is .
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