# Sketch the region and find the area.

• June 1st 2010, 10:26 AM
action812
Sketch the region and find the area.
Sketch the region and find the area enclosed by the curves.

x = 1/y which is y=1/x (right?)
x=0
y=1
y=e ( this is the one I'm having trouble graphing/figuring out.)

• June 1st 2010, 10:44 AM
Unknown008
e is the natural constant, and if you type it in your calculator, you'll have the value of e as 2.718281828

So, you graph y = 2.7
• June 1st 2010, 10:46 AM
goroner
it would be something like this :
• June 1st 2010, 10:47 AM
goroner
• June 1st 2010, 10:48 AM
skeeter
Quote:

Originally Posted by action812
Sketch the region and find the area enclosed by the curves.

x = 1/y which is y=1/x (right?)
x=0
y=1
y=e ( this is the one I'm having trouble graphing/figuring out.)

$y = e$ is just a horizontal line ... you do know the value of e, correct?

$
A = \int_1^e \frac{1}{y} \, dy
$
• June 1st 2010, 10:48 AM
action812
Duh! Thanks Unknown, I can't believe I didn't put 2 and 2 together. Gonna work on it now...

And goroner, you didn't post anything?

EDIT:: Nevermind, I see it now.
• June 1st 2010, 10:48 AM
bigli
Solution
Use $\int_1^e\int_0^\frac{1}{y}\! \,dx\,dy=1$.
• June 1st 2010, 10:49 AM
goroner
i post just below sry i misclicked the button and i replayed new one so dumb but you got it check out
• June 1st 2010, 10:50 AM
Unknown008
In fact, you are being asked to find:

$\int^e_1 \frac{1}{y} dy$

EDIT: This post would have been after goroner's first post in this thread, but you all posted while I was typing the LaTeX :p
• June 1st 2010, 10:59 AM
action812
I got the area to be approximately 1. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks for all the help guys.
• June 1st 2010, 11:01 AM
skeeter
Quote:

Originally Posted by action812
I got the area to be approximately 1. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks for all the help guys.

not approximately ... exactly one.
• June 1st 2010, 11:04 AM
Unknown008
Yes, integrating, you get ln e - ln 1 = 1 - 0 = 1 units^2 :)

EDIT: Yes, if you use a graph instead of the integration, you would get an approximation.