Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A window is shaped like the ellipse , with and in decimetres (dm). A straight metal bar runs along the line . It cuts a small piece of glass off the window in the first quadrant. Find the area of that small piece.
For any two curves that meet at and , with above , the area is . The formula is the same above, below or across the -axis.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Meeting points. The bar meets the -axis at and the -axis at . Both points lie on the ellipse. So the limits are and .
Step 2. Which is above? At the ellipse gives and the bar gives . The ellipse is above.
Step 3. The area. . The first part is a quarter of the ellipse, . The other part is the triangle, .
Answer: the area is .
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