First, let's plot the curves to see the bounded region:
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Now, we can see that the bounded region is the area under f(x)
minus the area under g(x)
, between the intersection points (-3, 0)
and (3, 0)
:
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This should give us the value of 36
. So the area bounded by the curves f(x) = 9 - x^2
and g(x) = x - 3
is 36 square units
.
Note that we used the symbolic variable x
to perform the integration calculations, and the int
function to perform the integration from -3
to 3
for both curves.
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