I have tried this: I need to find the area of the region enclosed by Y= x^2 - 1 and Y = x + 5.
What I have :
x^2 - 1 = x +5
x^2 - x - 6 =0
(x-3)(x+2) = 0
-2, 3
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is the correct? i am not sure
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need help with finding the area of regions
by bp9451 on Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:40 pm
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by stapel_eliz on Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:57 pm
You have correctly found the endpoints of the region. Now do the integration. 
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