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4 Double Integrals in Polar Form

Integrals in Polar Coordinates
Finding Limits of Integration

Example:1
Find the limits of integration for integrating f (r , ) over the
region R that lies inside r 3 sin and outside r 1 sin .
Set up the integral to find the area. Do not evaluate the
integral.

Area in Polar Coordinates

The area of a closed and bounded region R in the
polar coordinate plane is A r dr d
R

Changing Cartesian Integrals into Polar

Integrals
f ( x, y ) dx dy f (r cos , r sin ) r dr d
R

Example:2
Use polar coordinate to evaluate the integral:
(i) x y dA; where R is bounded by the semicircle
2

(ii)

2x x2

2y y2
2 y y2

and the line

yx

x dx dy