The area (in square units) bounded by the curve y2 = 4x and the line x = 1 is:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
Given the curve y2 = 4x
line x = 1

y2 = 4x
$y=±\sqrt{4x}$
$y=±2\sqrt{x}$
As AOCA is in 1st quadrant
$∴y=2\sqrt{x}$
Area of AOBC = 2 × [Area of AOCA]
$=2×∫_0^1y×dx⇒2∫_0^12\sqrt{x}dx$
$=4∫_0^1(x)^{\frac{1}{2}}dx$
$⇒4\begin{bmatrix}\frac{x^{\frac{1}{2}+1}}{\frac{1}{2}+1}\end{bmatrix}_0^1⇒\frac{4×2}{3}\begin{bmatrix}x^{\frac{3}{2}}\end{bmatrix}_0^1⇒\frac{8}{3}[(1)^{\frac{3}{2}0}]$
$⇒\frac{8}{3}[(1)^{\frac{3}{2}0}]⇒\frac{8}{3}$