You probably realize that to get area you need to integrate. Multiply out all the factors to get a quartic polynomial, which is fairly simple to integrate.
The other task is defining the limits of integration. You want the domain between the two points where the graph of y crosses the x-axis.
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You probably realize that to get area you need to integrate. Multiply out all the factors to get a quartic polynomial, which is fairly simple to integrate.
The other task is defining the limits of integration. You want the domain between the two points where the graph of y crosses the x-axis.
Set y = 0 and solve for x.
x^2(1 − x)^2 = 0
x = 0 or x = 1
so your limits are 0 to 1.
x²(1 - x)² = 0
x = 0 and x = 1
ʃx²(1 - x²)² dx from 0 to 1
ʃx²(1 - 2x² + x^4) dx from 0 to 1
x^3/3 - 2/5*x^5 + (x^7)/7 eval. from 0 to 1
1/3 - 2/5 + 1/7 = 10/21 - 2/5 = 8/105 sq. units
roots are x = 0 and x = 1
integration limit [0,1] (x^2 - x^4) dx
1/3 - 1/5
2/15