Proportionality of triangles problem

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Homework Statement



Is any formulas similar to that of proportionality of the triangles to proportionality of the given figure?

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Not in general, no. How is that curve defined?
 


the curve is a parabola
 


What do you mean by "proportionality"?
That if you magnify area I by some appropriate factor, that you can perfectly fit it over area II? Because that is not true.

Or do you mean: some formula for y2 / y1 given x2 / x1 (where yi is the function value on the right of area i with x-value xi)?
 


proportionality x1/x2=y1/y2
 


[tex] \frac{x_1}{x_2} = \frac{a x_1^2 + b x_2 + c}{a x_2^2 + b x_2 + c}[/tex]

where [itex]ax^2 + bx + c[/itex] is the formula for the parabola?