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Definite integrals from area formulas

Problem 4.1268 · easy Video

Evaluate \( \displaystyle \int_{-4}^{4} \sqrt{16 - x^{2}} \, dx \) using a formula from geometry.

The region between the graph and the x-axis is a semicircle of radius 4.
Reviewed
\[ \frac{4^{2} \pi}{2} = 8 \pi \]
Its (signed) area.✓ Proved
\[ \int\limits_{-4}^{4} \sqrt{16 - x^{2}}\, dx = 8 \pi \]
Integrating directly gives the same.✓ Proved

Answer \( 8 \pi \)

The graph of f(x) = sqrt(16 - x²) from x = -4 to x = 4. Rectangles under the curve get thinner until they fill the area, 8pi.

✓ Nihil obstat Lines: 2 proved, 1 reviewed. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation. How we verify

The full receipt

Line	Status	Checked by	Detail
1	Reviewed	reviewers: gpt-oss:20b, qwen3.6:27b-mlx	a sentence; read, not computed
2	✓ Proved	sympy 1.14.0	simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
3	✓ Proved	sympy 1.14.0	simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
answer, a second way	✓ Checked independently	sympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0	numerical quadrature

Reviewers

gpt-oss:20b: pass
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The solution correctly identifies the integrand as the upper semicircle of radius 4 and applies the geometric area formula accurately.

Every verdict on record (6)

qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-19 — The solution correctly identifies the integrand as the upper semicircle of radius 4 and applies the geometric area formula accurately.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-19
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-17 — The solution correctly identifies the integrand as the upper semicircle of radius 4 and applies the geometric area formula accurately.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-17
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-17 — The solution correctly identifies the integrand as the upper semicircle of radius 4 and applies the geometric area formula accurately.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-17

Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence, not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by generator:structured/integral_geometry, checked 2026-10-19 with SymPy 1.14.0.