Find the area bounded by the curves y=∣x−1∣ and y=1, using integration.
Answer:1 square unit
Solution
The graph y=∣x−1∣ is a V with vertex (1,0); the horizontal line y=1 meets it where ∣x−1∣=1, i.e. x=0 and x=2. The bounded region is the triangle with vertices (0,1), (2,1) and (1,0), with y=1 on top and y=∣x−1∣ below: