Area enclosed by chord of parabola
Formula for thea area enclosed by the chord of a parabola
Area = 2/3 area of circumscribed parallelogram formed by the chord of the parabola and a tangent of the parabola. See the picture below
Archimedes, sometimes described as the inventor of integral calculus, is credited with determining a theorem & formula to find the area enclosed by a chord of a parabola.
