Find the area of the region bounded by the curves y = x2 and y = cos(x). Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places
Accepted Solution
A:
You want to integrate the function .. f(x) = cos(x) -x^2 between its zeros, which are near Β±0.8241. These zeros can be determined from a graph of the function.
Once the integration limit is found, the function can be integrated analytically to get .. area = 2(sin(0.8241) -(1/3)(0.8241)^3) β 1.09