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Given that,
                  , evaluate
                                                     
 
The diagram shows part of a curve y = 8/x2. The straight line 2y = -2x + 9 cuts the curve at P(4, 0.5) and the x-axis at Q. The line x = 2 cuts the curve at D and x-axis at C. Calculate:
(a) the area of shaded region
(b) the volume generated when the region is rotated by 360o about the x-axis.
 
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Use properties of definite integrals.
 
           
 
(a) Area of the region
          
Note that a small triangle from 4, 4.5 and P is also part of the shaded region.
 
(b) Volume of revolution