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Area intersection disk and region limit

2425MasterCalculusCoordinate Geometry

HMMT February 2015 · 2015

Let $I$ be the set of points $(x, y)$ in the Cartesian plane such that $$ x > \left( \frac{y^{4}}{9} + 2015 \right)^{1/4} $$ Let $f(r)$ denote the area of the intersection of $I$ and the disk $x^{2} + y^{2} \leq r^{2}$ of radius $r > 0$ centered at the origin $(0,0)$. Determine the minimum possible real number $L$ such that $f(r) < L r^{2}$ for all $r > 0$.
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