Show that the area of the region in the first quadrant en-closed by the curve y = (1/a) cosh ax, the coordinate axes, and the line x = b is the same as the area of a rectangle of height 1 /a and length s, where s is the length of the curve from x = 0 to x = b. Draw a figure illustrating this result.

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Show that the area of the region in the first quadrant en-closed by the curve y = (1/a) cosh ax, the coordinate axes, and the line x = b is the same as the area of a rectangle of height 1 /a and length s, where s is the length of the curve from x = 0 to x = b. Draw a figure illustrating this result.

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