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Area between a curve and the Y-axis

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Concept 2 of 4 in Application of Integrals

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Take the region in the first quadrant between the parabola y=x2y = x^2, the Y-axis and the line y=4y = 4. Its vertical strips run from the curve up to y=4y = 4, not down to the X-axis. Can one integral, with nothing subtracted, give its area?