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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?


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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 x-axis|+|Total area below x-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 x-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 x-axis and some part of the region is below x-axis. This is because we have to subtract the area of the region which is below the x-axis from the area above the x-axis to get the net area.


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