Calculus Examples

Find the Area Between the Curves x=-1 , x=2 , y=3e^(3x) , y=2e^(3x)+1
, , ,
Step 1
Solve by substitution to find the intersection between the curves.
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Step 1.1
Eliminate the equal sides of each equation and combine.
Step 1.2
Solve for .
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Step 1.2.1
Move all terms containing to the left side of the equation.
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Step 1.2.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.2.2
Take the natural logarithm of both sides of the equation to remove the variable from the exponent.
Step 1.2.3
Expand the left side.
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Step 1.2.3.1
Expand by moving outside the logarithm.
Step 1.2.3.2
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 1.2.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.4
Simplify the right side.
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Step 1.2.4.1
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 1.2.5
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 1.2.5.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 1.2.5.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 1.2.5.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.2.5.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.5.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 1.2.5.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 1.2.5.3.1
Divide by .
Step 1.3
Evaluate when .
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Step 1.3.1
Substitute for .
Step 1.3.2
Simplify .
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Step 1.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.3.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2.1.2
Anything raised to is .
Step 1.3.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2.2
Add and .
Step 1.4
The solution to the system is the complete set of ordered pairs that are valid solutions.
Step 2
The area of the region between the curves is defined as the integral of the upper curve minus the integral of the lower curve over each region. The regions are determined by the intersection points of the curves. This can be done algebraically or graphically.
Step 3
Integrate to find the area between and .
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Step 3.1
Combine the integrals into a single integral.
Step 3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.4
Split the single integral into multiple integrals.
Step 3.5
Apply the constant rule.
Step 3.6
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 3.7
Let . Then , so . Rewrite using and .
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Step 3.7.1
Let . Find .
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Step 3.7.1.1
Differentiate .
Step 3.7.1.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.7.1.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.7.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.2
Substitute the lower limit in for in .
Step 3.7.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.4
Substitute the upper limit in for in .
Step 3.7.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.6
The values found for and will be used to evaluate the definite integral.
Step 3.7.7
Rewrite the problem using , , and the new limits of integration.
Step 3.8
Combine and .
Step 3.9
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 3.10
The integral of with respect to is .
Step 3.11
Substitute and simplify.
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Step 3.11.1
Evaluate at and at .
Step 3.11.2
Evaluate at and at .
Step 3.11.3
Simplify.
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Step 3.11.3.1
Add and .
Step 3.11.3.2
Anything raised to is .
Step 3.12
Simplify.
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Step 3.12.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.12.1.1
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 3.12.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.12.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.1.4
Multiply .
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Step 3.12.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.2
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 3.12.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.12.4
Subtract from .
Step 4
The area of the region between the curves is defined as the integral of the upper curve minus the integral of the lower curve over each region. The regions are determined by the intersection points of the curves. This can be done algebraically or graphically.
Step 5
Integrate to find the area between and .
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Step 5.1
Combine the integrals into a single integral.
Step 5.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.4
Split the single integral into multiple integrals.
Step 5.5
Let . Then , so . Rewrite using and .
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Step 5.5.1
Let . Find .
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Step 5.5.1.1
Differentiate .
Step 5.5.1.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.5.1.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.2
Substitute the lower limit in for in .
Step 5.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.4
Substitute the upper limit in for in .
Step 5.5.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.6
The values found for and will be used to evaluate the definite integral.
Step 5.5.7
Rewrite the problem using , , and the new limits of integration.
Step 5.6
Combine and .
Step 5.7
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 5.8
The integral of with respect to is .
Step 5.9
Apply the constant rule.
Step 5.10
Substitute and simplify.
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Step 5.10.1
Evaluate at and at .
Step 5.10.2
Evaluate at and at .
Step 5.10.3
Simplify.
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Step 5.10.3.1
Anything raised to is .
Step 5.10.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.10.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.10.3.4
Add and .
Step 5.11
Simplify.
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Step 5.11.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.11.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.11.1.2
Combine and .
Step 5.11.1.3
Combine and .
Step 5.11.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.11.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.11.3
Combine and .
Step 5.11.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.11.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 5.11.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.11.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.11.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6
Add the areas .
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Step 6.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.4
Combine fractions.
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Step 6.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.5.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.5.2.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.5.2.2
Add and .
Step 7