Using integration find the area of the region {(x,y):x2+y2≤2ax,y2≥ax,x,y≥0}.
Answer:(4π−32)a2 square units
Solution
The region lies in the first quadrant, inside the circle x2+y2=2ax, i.e. (x−a)2+y2=a2 (centre (a,0), radius a), and outside/above the parabola y2=ax. They meet where x2+ax=2ax⇒x2=ax⇒x=a (and x=0); at x=a, y=a, so the point of intersection is (a,a). For 0≤x≤a the upper edge is the circle y=a2−(x−a)2 and the lower edge is the parabola y=ax:
A=∫0a(a2−(x−a)2−ax)dx.
∫0aa2−(x−a)2dx=4πa2 (quarter circle) and ∫0aaxdx=32a2, so
A=(4π−32)a2square units.
Circle x^2 + y^2 = 2ax and parabola y^2 = ax in the first quadrant, with the vertical strip PQ of width delta x.