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Area between a Parabola and Two Tangent Lines
de la Rosa, Félix Martínez
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v52 n9 p1405-1406 2021
The goal of this note is to obtain the area enclosed between a parabola and two tangent lines using visual arguments. The first step that we have to follow, in order to do that, is noticing that the area between a parabola and a tangent line only depends on the leading coefficient of the quadratic function of the parabola. Finally, the intersection of two parabolas with the vertices on "x-axis" and equal leading coefficients is the key to obtain the result.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Secondary School Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Visual Aids
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