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suppose ,that we are going to find are of $x*y=4$ bounded by $x=1$ and $x=4$ and $y=0$

generaly as i know are of function $y=f(x)$ bounded by $x=a$ and $x=b$ is given by

$A=\int(f(x)), x=a,x=b $; so in this case $y=4/x$ it's integral would be $4*ln(x)$,now if we put variables we will get $4*ln(4)-4*ln(1)$=$5.545-4*0=5.545$ but because this is bounded by $y=0$,is there any place where i should use this?for example in intersection or anything else?thanks guys

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    you are right @ André Nicolas thanks for advice2012-05-04

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The area under $xy=4$ (i.e. bounded below by $y=0$) for $x\in[1,4]$ would be $\int_1^4\frac4xdx=4\,\Bigl.\ln x\Bigr|_1^4=4\Bigl(\ln 4-\ln 0\Bigr)=4\ln 4\approx5.545177444$

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    aaa sorry i have put 3 instead of 4,sorry2012-05-04