Quote (Burton_air89 @ Mar 24 2015 03:20am)
#6
First, realize they want the total area. We need to know what this graph looks like. You hopefully should know it's a cubic function. Since they want actual area, we need to bust this puppy up into two integrals. Graph it on your calculator if you want a picture of the graph (no way to draw it on here).
Hopefully, you can realize that the zero of the graph lies at x = 2
So we need to integrate from -1 to 2, then 2 to 4
u = x/2 - 1
du = x/2 hence 2du = dx
so our integral is 2u^3 du
which becomes .5u^4 and throwing back in, .5(x/2 - 1)^4
From here it's just algebra, plug in your bounds -1 to 2, that will give you one part of the area (DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE THE NEGATIVE OF THIS, since the curve is under the x-axis in this region), then plug in the bounds from 2 to 4. Add the two together and you're good to go. Again, it's just algebra/arithmetic at this point so I'm not going to bother finishing.