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Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates

Rewriting a double integral over a disk or annulus in polar coordinates, where the area element picks up the stretching factor r.

Active Calculus Multivariable, Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates

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Activity 12.6.3

Use polar coordinates to find the volume of the solid between the cone z=f(x,y)=x2+y2z=f(x,y)=\sqrt{x^2+y^2} and the paraboloid z=g(x,y)=18(x2+y2)+2z=g(x,y)=\frac{1}{8}\left(x^2+y^2\right) + 2.

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Exercise 19

Consider the iterated integral I=∫−30∫−9−y20yx2+y2+1 dx dy.I = \int_{-3}^{0} \int_{-\sqrt{9-y^2}}^{0} \frac{y}{x^2 + y^2+1} \, dx \, dy.

  1. Sketch (and label) the region of integration.

  2. Convert the given iterated integral to one in polar coordinates.

  3. Evaluate the iterated integral in (b).

  4. State one possible interpretation of the value you found in (c).

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Exercise 20

Let DD be the region that lies inside the unit circle in the plane.

  1. Set up and evaluate an iterated integral in polar coordinates whose value is the area of DD.

  2. Determine the exact average value of f(x,y)=yf(x,y) = y over the upper half of DD.

  3. Find the exact center of mass of the lamina over the portion of DD that lies in the first quadrant and has its mass density distribution given by δ(x,y)=1\delta(x,y) = 1. (Before making any calculations…

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Exercise 21

For each of the following iterated integrals,

  • sketch and label the region of integration,

  • convert the integral to the other coordinate system (if given in polar, to rectangular; if given in rectangular, to polar), and

  • choose one of the two iterated integrals to evaluate exactly.

  1. ∫π3π/2∫03r3 dr dθ\int_{\pi}^{3\pi/2} \int_{0}^{3} r^3 \, dr \, d\theta

  2. ∫02∫−1−(x−1)21−(x−1)2x2+y2 dy dx\int_{0}^{2} \int_{-\sqrt{1-(x-1)^2}}^{\sqrt{1-(x-1)^2}} \sqrt{x^2 + y^2} \, dy \, dx

  3. ∫0π/2∫0sin⁡(θ)r1−r2 dr dθ.\int_0^{\pi/2} \int_0^{\sin(\theta)} r \sqrt{1-r^2} \, dr \, d\theta.

  4. ∫02/2∫y1−y2cos⁡(x2+y2) dx dy.\int_0^{\sqrt{2}/2} \int_y^{\sqrt{1-y^2}} \cos(x^2 + y^2) \, dx \, dy.

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