Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar - MA 102 Mathematics II

Tutorial sheet 1

1. Find the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded on the left by the
√
y-axis, below by the curve x = 2 y, above left by the curve x = (y − 1)2 , and
above right by the line x = 3−y. Ans. 52

2. Let A denote the region enclosed by the loop√ of the curve y 2 = √x(1 − x)2 ,
i.e. the region bounded by the curves y = − x(1 − x) and y = x(1 − x).
8
Ans. 15

3. Let A denote the region bounded by the curves x = −2y 2 and x = 1 − 3y 2 .

Then A= .....? Ans. 43

4. let f (x) = x − x2 and g(x) = αx; determine α so that the regions above
the graph of g(x) and below the graph of f (x) have the same area,i.e., 92 .
Ans. α = −2

5. Find the area of the region inside the curve r = 6acosθ and outside the curve
r = 2a(1 + cosθ). Ans. 4πa2

6. Sketch the graphs r = 1 − cosθ and r = 1 + 2cosθ; find the area of the smaller
√
loop of r = 1+2cosθ. Ans.π −( 3 2 3 )

7. Find the area of the region of the region that lies inside the closed curve r = 1
and outside r = 1 − cosθ. Ans.2 − π4

8. Find the arc length of each of the following curves:

(a) x = t − sint, y = 1 − cost, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π Ans.8

Rx√
(b) y = 0 cos2tdt, 0 ≤ x ≤ π4 Ans.1
x3 1
(c) y = 3
+
4x
,1 ≤ x ≤ 3 Ans. 53
6
(d) r = asec(θ − π3 ), 0 ≤ θ ≤ π2 Ans. 4a
√
3

9. A wedge is cut out of a circular cylinder of radius 4 by two planes. One

is perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder; the other intersects the first at
an angle of 30◦ along a diameter of the cylinder. Find the volume of the
wedge. Ans. 3128
√
3

10. The region bounded by the curve y = x2 + 1 and the line y = −x + 3

is revolved about the x-axis to generate a solid. Find the volume of the
solid. Ans. 117
5
π

1
11. The region in the first quadrant is bounded by the parabola y = x2 , the y-axis
and the line y = 1 ; the area is revolved about the line x = 2. find the volume
of the solid generated. Ans. 13
6
π
√
12. Find the volume of the solid generated when the region bounded by y = x and
the lines y = 1, x = 4 about the line y = 1. Ans. 76 π

13. Find the area of the surface generated by revolving the right hand loop√of
r2 = cos2θ about the y-axis. Ans.2π 2

14. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region between the√
curves x = y 2 +1 and x = 3 about the line x = 3. Ans. 64
15
π 2
2
x2 2
15. Find the volume of the ellipsoid a2
+ yb2 + zc2 = 1. Ans. 4πabc
3

16. Find the centroid of the semi-circle x2 +y 2 = a2 situated above the x-axis. Ans.(0, 2a
π
)

17. Find the centroid of the arc x = a(t−sint), y = a(1−cost); 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π. Ans. 4a
3

18. Using Pappus-Guldin theorem, Find the centroid of the area bounded by the
curve in Prob-17 and the axis of x. Ans.(aπ, 5a
6
)