When does the net area of a region equal the area of a region? When does a region's net area differ from a region's area?
Area bounded by curve:
Let us know what are net and total areas.
Net area Total area above x-axis Total area below x-axis
Total area Total area above -axisTotal area below -axis
Now let us look at first part of our question. Net area of our region will be equal to total area of region when the whole region lies above -axis because then our whole region is positive.
The net area of a region will differ from the total area of the region when some part of our region is above -axis and some part of the region is below -axis. This is because we have to subtract the area of the region which is below the -axis from the area above the -axis to get the net area.