Area Under Curve: Integrating sqrt(36-.22x^2)

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The integral of the equation sqrt(36 - 0.22x^2) between x=0 and x=9 can be transformed using the substitution u = (sqrt(0.22)x)/6. This leads to the integral being rewritten as (36/sqrt(0.22)) * ∫(0 to (3sqrt(0.22)/2)) sqrt(1 - u^2) du. The next step involves evaluating the integral of sqrt(1 - u^2), which is a standard integral that results in a trigonometric function.

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how do you find the integral of the equation sqrt(36-.22x^2) between x=0 and x=9
 
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Well, we have:
[tex]\int_{0}^{9}\sqrt{36-0.22x^{2}}dx=6\int_{0}^{9}\sqrt{1-(\frac{\sqrt{0.22}x}{6})^{2}}dx[/tex]

Set:
[tex]u=\frac{\sqrt{0.22}x}{6}}\to{dx}=\frac{6}{\sqrt{0.22}}[/tex]
And our integral may be rewritten as:
[tex]\frac{36}{\sqrt{0.22}}\int_{0}^{\frac{3\sqrt{0.22}}{2}}\sqrt{1-u^{2}}du[/tex]

Do you have any ideas how to proceed from here?
 

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