Question 15 Marks
Find the area of the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{16}+\frac{y^2}{9}=1$.
Answer
View full question & answer→By the symmetry of the ellipse, the required area of the ellipse is 4 times the area of the region OPQO.
For the region OPQO, the limits of integration are x = 0 and x = 4.

Given equation of the ellipse is $\frac{x^2}{16}+\frac{y^2}{9}=1$
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \frac{y^2}{9}=1-\frac{x^2}{16} \\
& \therefore y ^2=9\left(1-\frac{x^2}{16}\right) \\
& =\frac{9}{16}\left(16-x^2\right) \\
& \therefore y = \pm \frac{3}{4} \sqrt{16-x^2} \\
& \therefore y =\frac{3}{4} \sqrt{16-x^2} \ldots[\because \text { In first quadrant, } y >0] \\
& \therefore \text { Required area }=4(\text { area of the region OPQO) } \\
& =4 \int_0^4 y \cdot d x \\
& =4 \int_0^4 \frac{3}{4} \sqrt{16-x^2} \cdot d x \\
& =3 \int_0^4 \sqrt{(4)^2-x^2} \cdot d x \\
& =3\left[\frac{x}{2} \sqrt{(4)^2-x^2}+\frac{(4)^2}{2} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{4}\right)\right]_0^4 \\
& =3\left\{\left[\frac{4}{2} \sqrt{(4)^2-(4)^2}+\frac{(4)^2}{2} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{4}{4}\right)\right]-\left[\frac{0}{2} \sqrt{(4)^2-(0)^2}+\frac{(4)^2}{2} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{0}{4}\right)\right]\right\} \\
& =3\{[0+8 \sin -1(1)]-[0+0]\} \\
& =3\left(8 \times \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \\
& =12 \pi \text { sq. units. }
\end{aligned}
$
For the region OPQO, the limits of integration are x = 0 and x = 4.

Given equation of the ellipse is $\frac{x^2}{16}+\frac{y^2}{9}=1$
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \frac{y^2}{9}=1-\frac{x^2}{16} \\
& \therefore y ^2=9\left(1-\frac{x^2}{16}\right) \\
& =\frac{9}{16}\left(16-x^2\right) \\
& \therefore y = \pm \frac{3}{4} \sqrt{16-x^2} \\
& \therefore y =\frac{3}{4} \sqrt{16-x^2} \ldots[\because \text { In first quadrant, } y >0] \\
& \therefore \text { Required area }=4(\text { area of the region OPQO) } \\
& =4 \int_0^4 y \cdot d x \\
& =4 \int_0^4 \frac{3}{4} \sqrt{16-x^2} \cdot d x \\
& =3 \int_0^4 \sqrt{(4)^2-x^2} \cdot d x \\
& =3\left[\frac{x}{2} \sqrt{(4)^2-x^2}+\frac{(4)^2}{2} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{4}\right)\right]_0^4 \\
& =3\left\{\left[\frac{4}{2} \sqrt{(4)^2-(4)^2}+\frac{(4)^2}{2} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{4}{4}\right)\right]-\left[\frac{0}{2} \sqrt{(4)^2-(0)^2}+\frac{(4)^2}{2} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{0}{4}\right)\right]\right\} \\
& =3\{[0+8 \sin -1(1)]-[0+0]\} \\
& =3\left(8 \times \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \\
& =12 \pi \text { sq. units. }
\end{aligned}
$


