Using integration, find the area lying above x-axis and included between the circle x2+y2=8x and the parabola y2=4x.
Answer:(4π−332) square units
Solution
The circle x2+y2=8x is (x−4)2+y2=16 (centre (4,0), radius 4); the parabola is y2=4x. Solving x2+4x=8x⇒x2−4x=0⇒x=0,4, so above the x-axis they meet at O(0,0) and A(4,4). For 0≤x≤4 the upper boundary of the required region is the circle y=8x−x2 and the lower boundary is the parabola y=2x:
A=∫04(16−(x−4)2−2x)dx.
∫0416−(x−4)2dx=[2x−416−(x−4)2+8sin−14x−4]04=0−(8sin−1(−1))=4π, and ∫042xdx=34⋅8=332.
A=4π−332square units.
Circle of radius 4 centred (4, 0) and the parabola y^2 = 4x meeting at O and A(4, 4); region above the x-axis shaded.