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Polar Problem
Polar Problem
Graph this in your calculator for 0 < < 2 and watch the calculator draw the
curve.
The first curve starts at (1,0) and ends at (0,2). The second curve starts
at (0,0) and ends
at (,0). The intersection points of the two curves can be found by solving
The radii in the area shared by the circles hit r = 2 sin for 0 < < /6 and
for
5/6 < < .
http://www.mecca.org/~halfacre/MATH/polarcalc.htm
You just need to find the area in one quadrant and then multiply by 4 to get the total area.
I am going to use:
T = theta
r1 = 2sin(T) ..... and use A1 to represent area inside this curve
r2 = 1 ............. and use A2 to represent area inside this curve
So there are two regions in which you need the area. One from 0 to pi/6 and the other from pi6/ to pi/2. In
the first r1 will be the outer edge and in the second it will be r2.
The area from pi/6 to pi/2 will be divided into two regions. One will be the area inside r1 and the other the
area inside r2. The area we want will then be the difference of these two:
Area = A1 - A2
dA1 = dr(rdT) = rdrdT
[r^2/2]dT
[(2sin(T)^2/2]dT = 2sin^2(T)dT
2[T/2 - sin(2T)/4] = T - sin(2T)/2
A1 =[pi/2] - [pi/12 - SQRT(3)/4] = 5pi/12 + SQRT(3)/4
A1 = 1.309
A2 is just part of a circle and it is the section between theta = pi/6 and pi/2 which is pi/3 or 1/6 of the
circle. the area is then piR^2/6 = pi/6
The area from 0 to pi/6 will also be treated in the same way. Only this tiem the area will be A2 - A1.
Again A2 is just a section of a circle and in this case that between 0 and pi/6 or 1/12 of a circle. So A2 is
pi/12.
2sin^2(T)dT
Integrate this over T:
2[T/2 + sin(2T)/4] evaluated from 0 to pi/6
T - sin(2T)/2
A2 = [pi/6 + (SQRT(3)/4] - [0]