128 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

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AREA UNDER CURVES

Exercise-1 : Single Choice Problems

1. The area enclosed by the curve

[ x + 3 y] = [ x - 2] where x Î[3 , 4) is :
(where []× denotes greatest integer function.)
2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
3 3 4
2. The area of region enclosed by the curves y = x 2 and y = | x| is :
1 2 4 16
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3
3. Area enclosed by the figure described by the equation x 4 + 1 = 2 x 2 + y 2 , is :
16 8 4
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3
1
4. The area defined by | y|£ e -|x| - in cartesian co-ordinate system, is :
2
(a) ( 4 - 2 ln 2) (b) ( 4 - ln 2) (c) (2 - ln 2) (d) (2 - 2 ln 2)
5. For each positive integer n > 1; A n represents the area of the region restricted to the following
x2 y2
two inequalities : + y 2 £ 1 and x 2 + £ 1. Find lim A n .
n2 n2 n ®¥

(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

6. The ratio in which the area bounded by curves y 2 = 12 x and x 2 = 12 y is divided by the line
x = 3 is :
(a) 7 : 15 (b) 15 : 49 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 17 : 49
7. The value of positive real parameter ‘ a’ such that area of region bounded by parabolas
y = x - ax 2 , ay = x 2 attains its maximum value is equal to :
1 1
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) 1
2 3
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8. For 0 < r < 1, let n r denotes the line that is normal to the curve y = x r at the point (1, 1). Let S r
denotes the region in the first quadrant bounded by the curve y = x r ; the x-axis and the line n r .
Then the value of r that minimizes the area of S r is :
1 2 -1 1
(a) (b) 2 -1 (c) (d) 2-
2 2 2
9. The area bounded by | x|= 1 - y 2 and | x|+| y|= 1 is :
1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
3 2 3
2 2
10. Point A lies on curve y = e - x and has the coordinate ( x , e - x ) where x > 0. Point B has
coordinates ( x , 0). If ‘ O’ is the origin, then the maximum area of D AOB is :
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8e 4e 2e e
11. The area enclosed between the curves y = ax 2 and x = ay 2 ( a > 0) is 1 sq. unit, then the value of
a is :
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
3 2 3
12. Let f( x) = x 3 - 3 x 2 + 3 x + 1 and g be the inverse of it ; then area bounded by the curve y = g( x)
with x-axis between x = 1 to x = 2 is (in square units) :
1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
2 4 4
13. Area bounded by x 2 y 2 + y 4 - x 2 - 5 y 2 + 4 = 0 is equal to :
4p 4p 4p
(a) + 2 (b) - 2 (c) +2 3 (d) none of these
3 3 3
14. Let f : R + ® R + is an invertible function such that f ¢( x) > 0 and f ¢¢( x) > 0 " x Î [1, 5]. If
f(1) = 1 and f(5) = 5 and area bounded by y = f( x), x-axis, x = 1 and x = 5 is 8 sq. units. Then the
area bounded by y = f -1 ( x), x-axis, x = 1 and x = 5 is :
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 20
15. A circle centered at origin and having radius p units is divided by the curve y = sin x in two
parts. Then area of the upper part equals to :
p2 p3 p3 p3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 2 8
16. The area of the loop formed by y 2 = x(1 - x 3 )dx is :
1 1
(a) ò0 x - x 4 dx (b) 2 ò0 x - x 4 dx
1 1/ 2
(c) ò -1 x - x 4 dx (d) 4 ò0 x - x 4 dx
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é x ù
17. If f( x) = min ê x 2 ,sin ,( x - 2p) 2 ú , the area bounded by the curve y = f( x), x-axis, x = 0 and
ë 2 û
x = 2p is given by
x
(Note : x 1 is the point of intersection of the curves x 2 and sin ; x 2 is the point of intersection
2
x
of the curves sin and ( x - 2 p) 2 )
2
x1 p x2 2p
æ xö 2 2 æ xö
(a) ç sin ÷ dx +
ò òx dx + ò ( x - 2 p) dx + ò çè sin 2 ÷ø dx
è 2ø
0 x1 p x2
x1 x2 2p
2 æ xö 2 æ pö æ 5p ö
(b) òx dx + ò çè sin 2 ÷ø dx + ò ( x - 2 p) dx , where x 1 Î ç 0 , ÷ and x 2 Î ç ,2p ÷
0 x1 x2
è 3ø è 3 ø
x1 x2 2p
2 æ xö 2 æp pö æ 3p ö
(c) òx dx + ò sin çè 2 ÷ø dx + ò ( x - 2 p) dx , where x 1 Î ç , ÷ and x 2 Î ç ,2p ÷
0 x1 x2
è3 2ø è 2 ø
x1 x2 2p
2 æ xö 2 æ p 2p ö
(d) òx dx + ò sin çè 2 ÷ø dx + ò ( x - 2 p) dx , where x 1 Î ç , ÷ and x 2 Î( p , 2 p)
0 x1 x2
è2 3 ø

æ x 2 ö÷
18. The area enclosed between the curves | x|+| y|³ 2 and y 2 = 4 ç 1 - is :
ç 9 ÷ø
è
(a) (6 p - 4) sq. units (b) (6 p - 8) sq. units (c) (3 p - 4) sq. units (d) (3 p - 2) sq. units

Answers
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (a)

11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (b)
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Exercise-2 : One or More than One Answer is/are Correct

1. Let f( x) be a polynomial function of degree 3 where a < b < c and f( a) = f( b) = f( c). If the graph
of f( x) is as shown, which of the following statements are INCORRECT ? (Where c >|a|)
c c b
(a) ò f( x) dx = ò f( x) dx + ò f( x) dx y
a b a
2
c
(b) x
ò f( x) dx < 0 a b c
a –1
b b
(c) ò f( x) dx < ò f( x) dx
a c
b c
1 1
(d) ò f( x) dx > ò f( x) dx
b-a c-b
a b
3n -1 3n
r r
2. T n = å 2
r +n 2
, Sn = å r + n2
2
, then " n Î {1, 2 , 3 ,...} :
r =2n r =2n +1
1 1 1 1
(a) T n > ln 2 (b) S n < ln 2 (c) T n < ln 2 (d) S n > ln 2
2 2 2 2
3. If a curve y = a x + bx passes through point (1, 2) and the area bounded by curve, line x = 4
and x-axis is 8, then :
(a) a = 3 (b) b = 3 (c) a = -1 (d) b = -1
2
4. Area enclosed by the curves y = x + 1 and a normal drawn to it with gradient –1; is equal to :
2 1 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 4 3

Answers
1. (b, c, d) 2. (a, b) 3. (a, d) 4. (d)
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Exercise-3 : Comprehension Type Problems

Paragraph for Question Nos. 1 to 3

x+a
Let f : A ® B f( x) = , where A represent domain set and B represent range set of
2
bx + cx + 2
function f( x), a , b, c Î R , f( -1) = 0 and y = 1 is an asymptote of y = f( x) and y = g( x) is the
inverse of f( x).

1. g(0) is equal to :
5 3
(a) -1 (b) -3 (c) - (d) -
2 2
2. Area bounded between the curves y = f( x) and y = g( x) is :
æ3- 5ö æ3 + 5ö
(a) 2 5 + ln ç ÷ (b) 3 5 + 2 ln ç ÷
ç3 + 5÷ ç3- 5÷
è ø è ø
æ3- 5ö æ3- 5ö
(c) 3 5 + 4 ln ç ÷ (d) 3 5 + 2 ln ç ÷
ç3 + 5÷ ç3 + 5÷
è ø è ø
3. Area of region enclosed by asymptotes of curves y = f( x) and y = g( x) is :
(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 12 (d) 25

Paragraph for Question Nos. 4 to 6

For j = 0 , 1, 2 ,... n let S j be the area of region bounded by the x-axis and the curve ye x = sin x
for jp £ x £ ( j + 1) p
4. The value of S 0 is :
1 1 1 1 p
(a) (1 + e p ) (b) (1 + e -p ) (c) (1 - e -p ) (d) ( e - 1)
2 2 2 2
S 2009
5. The ratio equals :
S 2010
1 p
(a) e -p (b) e p (c) e (d) 2e p
2
¥
6. The value of å S j equals to :
j= 0
p
e (1 + e )p
1 + ep 1 + ep e p (1 + e p )
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 ( e p - 1) 2 ( e p - 1) ep - 1 ( e p - 1)

Answers
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b)
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Exercise-4 : Matching Type Problems

1.
Column-I Column-II
(A) Area of region formed by points ( x , y) satisfying (P) 48
[ x]2 = [ y]2 for 0 £ x £ 4 is equal to (where [ ]
denotes greatest integer function)
(B) The area of region formed by points ( x , y) (Q) 27
satisfying x + y £ 6, x 2 + y 2 £ 6 y and y 2 £ 8 x is
kp - 2
, then k =
12
(C) The area in the first quardant bounded by the (R) 7
curve y = sin x and the line
2y -1 2 é 3 - 2 ( 2 + 1)p ù
= ( 6 x - p) is ê - ú,
2 -1 p ë 2 k û
then k =
(D) If the area bounded by the graph of y = xe -ax (S) 4
1
( a > 0) and the abscissa axis is then the value of
9
‘ a’ is equal to
(T) 3

Answers
1. A ® R ; B® Q; C® P ; D® T
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Exercise-5 : Subjective Type Problems

æ x ö f( x)
1. Let f be a differentiable function satisfying the condition f çç ÷÷ = ( y ¹ 0 , f ( y ) ¹ 0)
è y ø f( y)
" x , y Î R and f ¢(1) = 2 . If the smaller area enclosed by y = f( x), x 2 + y 2 = 2 is A, then find [ A],
where [] × represents the greatest integer function.
2. Let f( x) be a function which satisfy the equation f( xy) = f( x) + f( y) for all x > 0, y > 0 such
that f ¢(1) = 2 . Let A be the area of the region bounded by the curves y = f( x),
28
y =| x 3 - 6 x 2 + 11x - 6| and x = 0, then find value of A.
17
3. If the area bounded by circle x 2 + y 2 = 4, the parabola y = x 2 + x + 1 and the curve
é x xù
y = êsin 2 + cos ú , (where [ ] denotes the greates integer function) and x-axis is
ë 4 4û
æ 2p 1 ö
ç 3+ - ÷ , then the numerical quantity k should be :
è 3 kø
4. Let the function f : [-4 , 4] ® [-1, 1] be defined implicitly by the equation x + 5 y - y 5 = 0. If the
A
area of triangle formed by tangent and normal to f( x) at x = 0 and the line y = 5 is A, find .
13
5. Area of the region bounded by [ x]2 = [ y]2 , if x Î[1, 5] , where [ ] denotes the greatest integer
function, is :
6. Consider y = x2 and f( x) where f( x), is a differentiable function satisfying
f( x + 1) + f( z - 1) = f( x + z ) " x , z Î R and f(0) = 0 ; f ¢(0) = 4. If area bounded by curve
æ 3 ö
y = x 2 and y = f( x) is D, find the value of ç D ÷.
è 16 ø
7. The least integer which is greater than or equal to the area of region in x - y plane satisfying
x 6 - x 2 + y 2 £ 0 is :
8. The set of points ( x , y) in the plane statisfying x 2 5 +| y|= 1 form a curve enclosing a region of
p
area square units, where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p - q.
q

Answers
1. 1 2. 7 3. 6 4. 5 5. 8 6. 2 7. 2

8. 1

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