Find Area Between y=x and y=x^2 | -1/6 Answer

[tandoorichicken]

I need to find the area between y=x and y=x^2
So this is what I did:
A = \int (x^2-x) \,dx
Then I found the limits of integration x=0 and x=1 because that's where the two graphs intersect
A = \int^1_0 (x^2-x) \,dx
I ended up with an answer of -1/6
What did I do wrong?

 

[ShawnD]

intersect points:
x^2 = x

x^2 - x = 0

(x)(x-1) = 0

x = 1, x = 0



The upper limit is the line y = x, the lower limit is y = x^2

A = \int^1_0 x \,dx - \int^1_0 x^2 \,dx

A = \frac{x^2}{2} |^1_0 - \frac{x^3}{3} |^1_0

A = \frac{1^2}{2} - \frac{1^3}{3}

A = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{3}

A = \frac{1}{6}



Your answer seems fine to me.

 

[Hurkyl]

Which one's bigger?

 

[tandoorichicken]

oh... I get it