Area between a curve and a line or two curvesEdexcel International A Level Maths: Mind map
The formula
Intersections
Area between graphs
curve and line or two curves
upper − lowerintersectionslimits
Which is upper?
Subtract areas
Examples
Exam questions on Area between a curve and a line or two curves
- The line meets the curve at the origin and at the point .Find the area of the finite region bounded by the line and the curve.2 marks
- The curve and the line intersect at the points and .Find the area of the region bounded by the curve , the -axis and the lines and .2 marks
- The curve has equation and the line has equation .Find the coordinates of the points where meets .3 marks
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).