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Farmer Jones and his wife, Dr. Jones, decide to build a fence in their field to keep the sheep safe. Since Dr. Jones is a mathematician, she suggests building fences described by [tex]y=6x^2[/tex] and [tex]y=x^2+6[/tex]. Farmer Jones thinks this would be much harder than just building an enclosure with straight sides, but he wants to please his wife. What is the area of the enclosed region?

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Sagot :

To find the area of the enclosed region between the two curves [tex]\( y = 6x^2 \)[/tex] and [tex]\( y = x^2 + 6 \)[/tex], let's break the problem into the following steps:

1. Determine the points of intersection:

To find where the curves intersect, we need to set the equations equal to each other and solve for [tex]\( x \)[/tex]:
[tex]\[ 6x^2 = x^2 + 6 \][/tex]

Subtract [tex]\( x^2 \)[/tex] from both sides:
[tex]\[ 6x^2 - x^2 = 6 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ 5x^2 = 6 \][/tex]

Divide both sides by 5:
[tex]\[ x^2 = \frac{6}{5} \][/tex]

Solving for [tex]\( x \)[/tex], we get two solutions:
[tex]\[ x = \sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \quad \text{and} \quad x = -\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \][/tex]

Therefore, the points of intersection are at:
[tex]\[ x = \sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \quad \text{and} \quad x = -\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \][/tex]

2. Set up the integral to find the area:

The area between the curves from [tex]\( x = -\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \)[/tex] to [tex]\( x = \sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \)[/tex] is found by integrating the difference of the functions [tex]\( y = 6x^2 \)[/tex] and [tex]\( y = x^2 + 6 \)[/tex]:
[tex]\[ \text{Area} = \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} (6x^2 - (x^2 + 6)) \, dx \][/tex]

Simplify the integrand:
[tex]\[ 6x^2 - x^2 - 6 = 5x^2 - 6 \][/tex]

So the integral becomes:
[tex]\[ \text{Area} = \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} (5x^2 - 6) \, dx \][/tex]

3. Evaluate the integral:

To find the area, we evaluate the definite integral:
[tex]\[ \text{Area} = \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} (5x^2 - 6) \, dx \][/tex]

Split the integral into two parts:
[tex]\[ \text{Area} = \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} 5x^2 \, dx - \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} 6 \, dx \][/tex]

Evaluate each part separately:

For the first part:
[tex]\[ \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} 5x^2 \, dx = 5 \left[ \frac{x^3}{3} \right]_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} \][/tex]
Since the function [tex]\( x^3 \)[/tex] is an odd function, it evaluates to zero over the symmetric interval:
[tex]\[ 5 \left( \frac{(\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}})^3}{3} - \frac{(-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}})^3}{3} \right) = 0 \][/tex]

For the second part:
[tex]\[ \int_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} 6 \, dx = 6 \left[ x \right]_{-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}}^{\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}} = 6 \left( \sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} - (-\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}}) \right) \][/tex]
Simplify:
[tex]\[ 6 \left( 2\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \right) = 12 \sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} \][/tex]

4. Interpret the result of the integral calculation:

The evaluation of the integrals tells us that the area enclosed by the curves [tex]\( y = 6x^2 \)[/tex] and [tex]\( y = x^2 + 6 \)[/tex] is actually a negative value, indicating an issue with the setup of the integral bounds or the general interpretation:
[tex]\[ \text{Area} = -8.76356092008266 \][/tex]

The absolute value of the area should be taken if you obtain a negative result because the area cannot be negative.

Therefore, the area of the enclosed region is:
[tex]\[ \boxed{8.76356092008266} \][/tex]