The triangle is bounded by the lines as shown in the figure. Choosing to integrate with respect to first gives that is bounded by to while is bounded by to (Recall that since -values increase from left to right, the leftmost curve, is the lower bound and the rightmost curve, is the upper bound.) The area is
We can also find the area by integrating with respect to first. In this situation, though, we have two functions that act as the lower bound for the region and This requires us to use two iterated integrals. Note how the -bounds are different for each integral:
As expected, we get the same answer both ways.