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.
The integration region lies between the line and the parabola , with . It has a portion below the -axis bounded above by , and a portion above it bounded below by . Horizontal slices change form at ; keeping that split is essential when reversing the order of integration.
Figure 1.
Horizontal slicing and two changes of variables for the integration regions
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