Q. The area of the smaller segment cut off from the circle $x^{2} + y^{2} = 9\ by\ x = 1$ is

A) $\frac{1}{2}(9\ sec^{- 1}3 - \sqrt{8})sq\ unit$
B) $(9\ sec^{- 1}3 - \sqrt{8})sq\ unit$
C) $\left( \sqrt{8} - 9\ sec^{- 1}3 \right)sq\ unit$
D) None of the above
Explanation

(b)
$Required\ area = 2\int_{1}^{3}{\sqrt{9 - x^{2}\ }dx}$
$= 2 \bullet \frac{1}{2}\left\lbrack x\sqrt{9 - x^{2}} + 9\sin^{- 1}\frac{x}{3} \right\rbrack_{1}^{3}$
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$= \left\lbrack 9\ \sin^{- 1}(1) - \sqrt{8} - 9\ \sin^{- 1}\left( \frac{1}{3} \right) \right\rbrack$
$= \left\lbrack 9\left\{ \cos^{- 1}\left( \frac{1}{3} \right) \right\} - \sqrt{8} \right\rbrack\left\lbrack \because\ \cos^{- 1}\theta = \frac{\pi}{2} - \sin^{- 1}\theta \right\rbrack$
$= \left\lbrack 9\sec^{- 1}(3) - \sqrt{8} \right\rbrack sq\ unit$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.