barrons question on polar curve

Diluvio
Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:44:50 +0000

Y=x+1, graph of y=x passes through the origin, raise the graph by one unit in the “y” direction and you form a triangle (-1, 0), (0, 0), (0, 1); the formula for the area of a triangle is 1/2bh = 0.5 in this case.