Sketch the region enclosed by the given curves. Decide whether to integrate with respect to x or y. Draw a typical approximating rectangle and label its height and width. Then find the area of the region.
Here are the constraints:
$$ y =\frac{1}{x}, y=\frac{1}{x^2}, x=2$$
The integral setup I have is:
$$\int_1^2 \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{x^2}$$ $$\int_1^2 x^{-1} - x^{-2}$$ What is the antiderivative of $\frac{1}{x}$?
$$ln 2 - ln 1 - \frac{1}{2}$$
$$\text{Required area} = \int_1^2 (x^{-1} - x^{-2}) \,\mathrm{d}x = [\ln x + x^{-1}]_1^2 = (\ln2 - \ln 1) + (2^{-1}-1^{-1}) \\ = \ln2 - \frac12$$