# Math Help - Area of Region

1. ## Area of Region

What is the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the x-axis, the line $y=2x$, and the circles $x^2+y^2=20$ and $x^2+y^2=30$?

2. ## Re: Area of Region

Hi, Mrdavid445.

The area of a region R in the plane is given by

$\int\int_{R}1\cdot dA$,

where dA is the area element. Since the region we're interested in is a portion of an annular region, it's best to use the polar form for dA, which is

$dA=rdrd\theta$.

What remains are to determine the limits of integration and then compute the double integral.

Does this get everything going in the right direction?

Good luck!

3. ## Re: Area of Region

Originally Posted by Mrdavid445
What is the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the x-axis, the line $y=2x$, and the circles $x^2+y^2=20$ and $x^2+y^2=30$?
Since you posted your question in the Geometry forum you probably wanted to use a more geometrical way to solve the problem(?).

1. The area in question is the difference of 2 sectors of 2 concentric circles:

$r_1 = \sqrt{20} \approx 4.472$

$r_2 = \sqrt{30} \approx 5.477$

$|\theta| = \arctan(2) \approx 63.435^\circ$

Draw a sketch!

2. The area a is calculated by:

$a = \frac{|\theta|}{360^\circ} \cdot \pi r_2^2 - \frac{|\theta|}{360^\circ} \cdot \pi r_1^2 =\frac{|\theta|}{360^\circ} \cdot \pi (r_2^2 - r_1^2)$

Plug in the known values.