Areas (College Board AP® Calculus AB): Exam Questions

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Graph of the quadratic function y = -3x² + 6x + 9, a downward opening parabola, shaded area between x = -1 and x = 3 on a coordinate plane.

The diagram shows the graph of y=3x2+6x+9 crossing the x-axis at the points (1, 0) and (3, 0). The area of the shaded region is

  • 32

  • 34

  • 38

  • 40

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What is the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the graph of y=ex3 and the line x=3?

  • 3e3

  • 3e

  • e31

  • e13

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Graph of y = cos x from 0 to 5\pi/2 with a shaded area under the curve from 0 to \pi/2, showing peaks and troughs.

If the shaded region has an area of 1, what is the value of 05π2cos x dx?

  • 5

  • 3

  • 1

  • 0

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Graph of y = \sqrt{x+1} with a shaded area to the left of the curve, between y=1 and y=2, bounded by dashed line, axes labelled x and y.

The area of the region in the first quadrant shown above, bounded by the curve y=x+1 , the y-axis and the line y=2, is

  • 103

  • 43

  • 23

  • 23

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Graph of y = x^4 - 10x^3 + 32x^2 - 32x, showing a shaded area under a peak above the x-axis.

The area of the shaded region between the graph of y=x410x3+32x232x and the x-axis is

  • 16

  • 12.267

  • 8.533

  • 3.733

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If 0k<π and the area under the curve y=sinx from x=0 to x=k is 1.2, then k=

  • 0.201

  • 1.772

  • 2.940

  • 4.511

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The function f is defined by f(x)={5x   for x23         for x>2. What is the value of 16f(x) dx?

  • 21

  • 23.5

  • 25.5

  • 27

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The area of the region enclosed by the graph of y=x22x+1 and the graph of y=x+1 is

  • 76

  • 3

  • 92

  • 212

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Graph of y = f(x) with shaded area under curve from x=0 to x=5. Curve rises, falls, and rises again with axes labelled x and y.

Which one option out of the following does not represent the total shaded area shown above?

  • 03f(x) dx+|35f(x) dx|

  • 03f(x) dx+35f(x) dx

  • 03f(x) dx35f(x) dx

  • 05|f(x)| dx

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Graph of y = 0.5 ln((x-5)/4), with shaded area to the left of the curve.

The area of the shaded region between y=12ln(x54) and the y-axis, shown above, is

  • 021 12ln(x54) dx

  • 921 12ln(x54) dx

  • 921(4e2y+5) dy

  • 0ln 2(4e2y+5) dy

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Let R be the region bounded by the graph of x=lny, the vertical line x=1, and the horizontal lines y=e and y=5. Which of the following gives the area of R?

  • 1ln5ex dx

  • e5lny dy

  • 1ln5(ex5) dx

  • e5(lny1) dy

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What is the area of the region between the graphs of y=x and y=x from x=0 to x=4?

  • 83

  • 323

  • 403

  • 24

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Graph of functions y=f(x) and y=h(x) with shaded region between them from x=a to x=c, intersecting the x-axis at x=0 and x=b.

Which of the following integrals represents the area of the shaded region in the figure above?

  • acf(x) dx+|0bh(x) dx|

  • ac(f(x)h(x)) dx

  • a0(f(x)h(x)) dx+0b(h(x)f(x)) dx+bc(f(x)h(x)) dx

  • acf(x) dxac|h(x)| dx

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What is the total area enclosed between the curve y=x38x2+21x13 and the line y=2x1?

  • 3712

  • 94

  • 83

  • 512

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Graph with x-axis and y-axis showing curve x = f(y). Shaded regions P, Q, R between curves from -1 to 2 on y-axis.

The regions P, Q and R are bounded by the curve x=f(y) and the y-axis. If the area of each region is 6, what is the value of 12(f(y)+5) dy?

  • -6

  • -1

  • 9

  • 21