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1.33 Integral associated with the circle

(ii) For the circle, we substitute x=asinux=a\sin u in

0t(a2-x2)1/2dx.\int_{0}^{t}(a^{2}-x^{2})^{1/2}\,dx.

When x=tx=t, we have: u=sin-1(ta)u=\sin^{-1}(\frac{t}{a}). Thus

0t(a2-x2)12dx=0sin-1(ta)(a2-a2sin2u)12.acosudu\int_{0}^{t}(a^{2}-x^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}\,dx=\,{\int_{0}^{\sin^{-1}(\frac{t}{a}% )}(a^{2}-a^{2}\sin^{2}u)^{\frac{1}{2}}.a\cos u\,du}
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