Question

Find the area of the region common to the circle x² + y² = 16 and the parabola y² = 6x.

Answer 1

Points of intersection of the parabola and the circle is obtained by solving the simultaneous equations

$$\begin{gathered} x^2+y^2=16\mathrm{and}{y}^2=6x \\ \Rightarrow x^2+6x=16 \\ \Rightarrow x^2+6x-16=0 \\ \Rightarrow \left(x+8\right)\left(x-2\right)=0 \\ \Rightarrow x=2\mathrm{or}x=-8,\mathrm{which}\mathrm{is}\mathrm{not}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{possible}\mathrm{solution}. \\ \therefore \mathrm{When}x=2,\mathrm{y}=\pm \sqrt{6\times 2}=\pm \sqrt{12}=\pm 2\sqrt{3} \\ \therefore B\left(2,2\sqrt{3}\right)\mathrm{and}B\text{'}\left(2,-2\sqrt{3}\right)\mathrm{are}\mathrm{points}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{intersection}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{parabola}\mathrm{and}\mathrm{circle}. \\ \mathrm{Now},\mathrm{Required}\mathrm{area}=\mathrm{area}\left(OBAB\text{'}O\right) \\ =2\mathrm{area}\left(OBAO\right) \\ =2\left\{\mathrm{area}\left(OBDO\right)+\mathrm{area}\left(DBAD\right)\right\} \\ =2\times \left[{\int }_0^2\sqrt{6x}dx+{\int }_2^4\sqrt{16-x^2}dx\right] \\ =2\times \left\{{\left[\sqrt{6}\frac{x^{\raisebox{1ex}{$3$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2$}\right.}}{{\displaystyle \raisebox{1ex}{$3$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2$}\right.}}\right]}_0^2+{\left[\frac{1}{2}x\sqrt{16-x^2}+\frac{1}{2}\times 16{\sin }^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{4}\right)\right]}_2^4\right\} \\ =2\times \left\{\left(\sqrt{6}\times \frac{2}{3}\times 2^{\raisebox{1ex}{$3$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2$}\right.}-0\right)+\left(\frac{1}{2}4\sqrt{16-{\left(4\right)}^2}+\frac{1}{2}\times 16{\sin }^{-1}\frac{4}{4}-\frac{1}{2}\times 2\sqrt{16-2^2}-\frac{1}{2}\times 16{\sin }^{-1}\frac{2}{4}\right)\right\} \\ =2\times \left\{\left(\sqrt{6}\times \frac{2}{3}\times 2\sqrt{2}\right)+0+8{\sin }^{-1}\left(1\right)-\sqrt{12}-8{\sin }^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\right\} \\ =2\times \left[\frac{8\sqrt{3}}{3}+8\times \frac{\mathrm{\pi }}{2}-2\sqrt{3}-8\frac{\mathrm{\pi }}{6}\right] \\ =2\left\{\frac{8\sqrt{3}-6\sqrt{3}}{3}+8\left(\frac{\mathrm{\pi }}{2}-\frac{\mathrm{\pi }}{6}\right)\right\} \\ =2\left\{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}+8\left(\frac{2\mathrm{\pi }}{6}\right)\right\} \\ =\frac{4\sqrt{3}}{3}+\frac{16\mathrm{\pi }}{3} \end{gathered}$$