Area Under a Curve
Area Under a Curve: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as area under simple curves, area included between the curve y=f(x), x-axis and the ordinates x=a, x=b, and area included between curve and a horizontal line.
Important Questions on Area Under a Curve
The area bounded by the curves and x-axis in the quadrant is:

If area bounded by the curves (which lies above -axis ), the -axis and the ordinates is , then is

Let the area bounded by the -axis, curve and the ordinates and is "" sq. unit and if the ordinate divides the area into two equal parts, then the correct statement among the following is

The line partitions the circle in two segments.
What is the area of major segment?

The line partitions the circle in two segments.
What is the area of minor segment?

Find the value of so that

The area of the region is

The area of the region enclosed by the curve and the axis is

The area of the region enclosed by the curve and its tangent at the point is

The area of the region is

Area bounded by the curve and the line outside the circle and above axis is . The value of is

Area of region enclosed by curve and its tangent at .

Find the area bounded by

The area under the curve of equations is

Draw a rough sketch of the graph for and hence find the enclosed area.

Find the area of the region bounded by the curve and the line .

Find the area (in square units) of the region enclosed by the curve between and .

Find the area of the region between the circles and

Find the area of the region bounded by the two parabolas and .

Shown below is an ellipse whose equation is
Find the area of the shaded region in terms of Show your steps.
