Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2016-resit/2/iii/solution

In the original order of integration,
In the reversed order, the below-axis contribution is , and the above-axis contribution is . Their sum is again . A negative answer is possible because the integrand changes sign; the integral is not the area of the region.

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