Integral Question: Areas between curves?

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Homework Statement



Sketch the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the given curves. Decide whether to integrate with respect to x or y. Then find the area of the region.
y=4cosx, y=6sin2x, x=0.

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The Attempt at a Solution



I got the intersections, which are x=pi/2, arcsin1/3 as well as x=0 but I seem to keep getting 10/3, which is not the right answer.
 
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baquid said:

Homework Statement



Sketch the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the given curves. Decide whether to integrate with respect to x or y. Then find the area of the region.
y=4cosx, y=6sin2x, x=0.

Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution



I got the intersections, which are x=pi/2, arcsin1/3 as well as x=0 but I seem to keep getting 10/3, which is not the right answer.

You should really show more of your work if you expect people to understand what region you are integrating over, but I think you are integrating over the wrong region. x=0 is the y-axis, and I don't see how the intersection at x=pi/2 is relevant.