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Q : 4 Using integration find the area of region bounded by the triangle whose vertices are $\small (-1,0),(1,3)$ and $\small (3,2)$ .

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So, we draw BL and CM perpendicular to x-axis.

Then it can be observed in the following figure that,

$Area(\triangle ACB) = Area (ALBA)+Area(BLMCB) - Area (AMCA)$

We have the graph as follows:

Equation of the line segment AB is:

$y-0 = \frac{3-0}{1+1}(x+1)$ or $y = \frac{3}{2}(x+1)$

Therefore we have Area of $ALBA$

$=\int_{-1}^1 \frac{3}{2}(x+1)dx =\frac{3}{2}\left [ \frac{x^2}{2}+x \right ]_{-1}^1$

$=\frac{3}{2}\left [ \frac{1}{2}+1-\frac{1}{2}+1 \right ] =3units.$

So, the equation of line segment BC is

$y-3 = \frac{2-3}{3-1}(x-1)$ or $y= \frac{1}{2}(-x+7)$

Therefore the area of BLMCB will be,

$=\int_1^3 \frac{1}{2}(-x+7)dx =\frac{1}{2}\left [ -\frac{x^2}{2}+7x \right ]_1^3$

$= \frac{1}{2}\left [ -\frac{9}{2}+21+\frac{1}{2}-7 \right ] =5units.$

Equation of the line segment AC is,

$y-0 = \frac{2-0}{3+1}(x+1)$ or $y = \frac{1}{2}(x+1)$

Therefore the area of AMCA will be,

$=\frac{1}{2}\int_{-1}^3 (x+1)dx =\frac{1}{2}\left [ \frac{x^2}{2}+x \right ]_{-1}^3$

$=\frac{1}{2}\left ( \frac{9}{2}+3-\frac{1}{2}+1 \right ) = 4units.$

Therefore, from equations (1), we get

The area of the triangle $\triangle ABC =3+5-4 =4units.$

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