Identify two errors made by a student asked to evaluate the following integral (Will upload question to less space)

Error 1: expressed 3/x^(1/2) incorrectly. Should be 3x^-(1/2), not 3x^(1/2).Error 2: subtracted the larger area from the smaller area after substituting the unknowns with the given limits value.

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