Question

Solve dis attachment and show all work ( I got it all wrong and I want to know how to solve it )

Answer 1

(a) First find the intersections of $y=e^{2x-x^2}$ and $y=2$:

$2=e^{2x-x^2}\implies \ln2=2x-x^2\implies x=1\pm\sqrt{1-\ln2}$

So the area of $R$ is given by

$\displaystyle\int_{1-\sqrt{1-\ln2}}^{1+\sqrt{1-\ln2}}\left(e^{2x-x^2}-2\right)\,\mathrm dx$

If you're not familiar with the error function $\mathrm{erf}(x)$, then you will not be able to find an exact answer. Fortunately, I see this is a question on a calculator based exam, so you can use whatever built-in function you have on your calculator to evaluate the integral. You should get something around 0.5141.

(b) Find the intersections of the line $y=1$ with $y=e^{2x-x^2}$.

$1=e^{2x-x^2}\implies 0=2x-x^2\implies x=0,x=2$

So the area of $S$ is given by

$\displaystyle\int_0^{1-\sqrt{1-\ln2}}\left(e^{2x-x^2}-1\right)\,\mathrm dx+\int_{1-\sqrt{1-\ln2}}^{1+\sqrt{1-\ln2}}(2-1)\,\mathrm dx+\int_{1+\sqrt{1-\ln2}}^2\left(e^{2x-x^2}-1\right)\,\mathrm dx$
$\displaystyle=2\int_0^{1-\sqrt{1-\ln2}}\left(e^{2x-x^2}-1\right)\,\mathrm dx+\int_{1-\sqrt{1-\ln2}}^{1+\sqrt{1-\ln2}}\mathrm dx$

which is approximately 1.546.

(c) The easiest method for finding the volume of the solid of revolution is via the disk method. Each cross-section of the solid is a circle with radius perpendicular to the x-axis, determined by the vertical distance from the curve $y=e^{2x-x^2}$ and the line $y=1$, or $e^{2x-x^2}-1$. The area of any such circle is $\pi$ times the square of its radius. Since the curve intersects the axis of revolution at $x=0$ and $x=2$, the volume would be given by

$\displaystyle\pi\int_0^2\left(e^{2x-x^2}-1\right)^2\,\mathrm dx$