Question 16
Find the area of the region bounded by the curve $y^2 = 2x$ and $x^2 + y^2 = 4x$.
Answer:
$y^2=2 x$ depicts a parabola having no negative values for x and lying to the right of the Y axis while passing through the origin. The other equation of $x^2+y^2=4 x$ depicts a circle.
The general equation of a circle is given by $x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$
Centre of circle is $(-g,-f)$ and radius is $\sqrt{g^2+f^2-c}$
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\text { In } x^2+y^2-4 x=0,2 g=-4 \Rightarrow g=-2 \text { and } f=c=0
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Hence center is $(-(-2), 0)$ that is $(2,0)$ and radius is $\sqrt{(-2)^2+0^2-0}$ which is 2
For the point of interaction, solve the two equations simultaneously.
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\begin{aligned}
& \text { Put } y^2=2 x \text { in } x^2+y^2=4 x \\
& \Rightarrow x^2+2 x=4 x \\
& \Rightarrow x^2-2 x=0 \\
& \Rightarrow x(x-2)=0 \\
& \Rightarrow x=0 \text { and } x=2 \\
& \text { Put } x=2 \text { in } y^2=2 x \\
& \Rightarrow y= \pm 2
\end{aligned}
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Therefore, the point of interaction are $(0,0),(2,2)$, and $(2,-2)$
Below is the diagram of the area to be calculated.
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On integrating, we will get an area for the 1st quadrant only, but since it is symmetrical, we can multiply it by.
Area of shaded region $=$ area under the circle - area under the parabola $\ldots$ (1)To findg the area under circle
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\begin{aligned}
& x^2+y^2=4 x \\
& \Rightarrow y^2=4 x-x^2 \\
& \Rightarrow y=\sqrt{4 x-x^2} \\
& \Rightarrow y=\sqrt{-\left(-4 x+x^2+4-4\right)} \\
& \Rightarrow y=\sqrt{-\left(\left(x^2-4 x+4\right)-2^2\right)} \\
& \Rightarrow y=\sqrt{-\left((x-2)^2-2^2\right)} \\
& \Rightarrow y=\sqrt{2^2-(x-2)^2}
\end{aligned}
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Integrate the above equation from 0 to 2
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\Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=\int_0^2 \sqrt{2^2-(x-2)^2} d x
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\text { Using } \int \sqrt{a^2-x^2}=\frac{x}{2} \sqrt{a^2-x^2}+\frac{a^2}{2} \sin ^{-1} \frac{x}{a}
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\Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=\left[\frac{x-2}{2} \sqrt{2^2-(x-2)^2}+\frac{2^2}{2} \sin ^{-1} \frac{x-2}{2}\right]_0^2
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\Rightarrow \int_0^2 \mathrm{ydx}=\left[0-\left(\frac{0-2}{2} \sqrt{2^2-(0-2)^2}+\frac{2^2}{2} \sin ^{-1} \frac{0-2}{2}\right)\right]
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\Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=\left[-\left(0+2 \sin ^{-1}(-1)\right)\right]
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\Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=\pi
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For the area under the parabola,
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\begin{aligned}
& \Rightarrow y^2=2 x \\
& \Rightarrow y=\sqrt{2} \sqrt{x}
\end{aligned}
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Integrate the above equation from 0 to 2
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\begin{aligned}
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=\sqrt{2} \int_0^2 x^{\frac{1}{2}} d x \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=\sqrt{2}\left[\frac{x^{\frac{1}{2}+1}}{\frac{1}{2}+1}\right]_0^2 \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 y d x=2^{\frac{1}{2}}\left[\frac{x^{\frac{3}{2}}}{\frac{3}{2}}\right]_0^2 \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 \mathrm{ydx}=2^{\frac{1}{2}} \times \frac{2}{3}\left[\mathrm{x}^{\frac{3}{2}}\right]_0^2 \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 \mathrm{ydx}=\frac{2^{\frac{1}{2}+1}}{3}\left(2^{\frac{3}{2}}-0\right) \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 \mathrm{ydx}=\frac{2^{\frac{3}{2}+\frac{3}{2}}}{3} \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 \mathrm{ydx}=\frac{2^3}{3} \\
& \Rightarrow \int_0^2 \mathrm{ydx}=\frac{8}{3}
\end{aligned}
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Using (i)
$\Rightarrow$ area of shaded in $1^{\text {st }}$ quadrant $=\pi-\frac{8}{3}$ unit $^2$
After multiplying it by 2
The area required of shaded region $=2\left(\pi-\frac{8}{3}\right)$ unit $^2$