DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

I.I.T. MADRAS
MA 1101 – Functions of several variables
Exercise Set 3: Multiple Integarls

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(1) Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by the cuuve y = x and
the lines y = 2 and x = 0 about
(a) the x-axis (b) the y-axis (c) the line y = 2 (d) the line x = 4.

(2) The arch y = sinx, 0 ≤ x ≤ π is revolved about the line y = c, 0 ≤ c ≤ 1, to generate a solid.
(a) Find the value of c that minimizes the volume of the solid. What is the minimum volume?
(b) What value of c in [0, 1] maximizes the volume of the solid?

(3) Sketch the region of integration and evaluate the integral:

R 2 R y2 R ln 8 R ln y x+y
(a) 1 y dx dy. (b) 1 0 e dx dy.
(a)

(b)

(4) Integrate f (x, y) over the region R:

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(a) f (x, y) = y − x,
R : the triangular region cut from the first quadrant by the straight line x + y = 1.
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(b) f (x, y) = ex ln y,
R : the region bounded by the straight lines x = 0, y = 1, y = 2 and the curve x = ln y.

(5) Sketch the region and reverse the order of integration:

R 1 R 1−x2 R 3/2 R 9−4x2
(a) 0 1−x dy dx. (b) 0 0 16x dydx.
(a)

(b)

(6) Evaluate the integrals:

R 2 R 4−x2 xe2y R 1/16 R 1/2 R 1 R 1/√1−x2
(a) 0 0 4−y dx dy (b) 0 y 1 /4
cos(16πx5 ) dxdy (c) −1 −1/ 1−x2 (2y
√ + 1) dy dx
(a)

(b)

(c)

− 2x2 ) dA, where R is the region whose boundary is |x| + |y| = 1.

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(d) R (y
(d)

RR RR
(e) R R xy dA, where R is the region bounded by the straight lines y = x, y = 2x, and x + y = 2.
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(e)

(7) Find the volume of the region bounded by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 and below by the triangle
enclosed by the lines y = x, x = 0, and x + y = 2 in the xy-plane.

(8) Find the volume of the solid that is bounded on the front and back by the planes x = 2 and x = 1,
on the sides by the cylinders y = ±1/x, and above and below by the planes z = x + 1 and z = 0.

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(9) Give an approximate value of R (x + y)dA, where R is the region bounded by the semi-circle
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y = 1 − x2 and the x-axis, by computing the corresponding Riemann sum with the partition
x = −1, −1/2, 0, 1/4, 1/2, 1 and y = 0, 1/2, 1 with sample points at (−1/2, 0), (0, 0), (1/4, 0), (1/2, 0),
(−1/2, 1/2), (0, 1/2), and (1/4, 1/2).

(10) Express the area of the region bounded by the curves y = ln x, y = 2 ln x and the line x = e in the
first quadrant and then find the area.

(11) Determine which one is the larger: the average value of xy over the rectangle 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1
and the average value of xy over the quarter disc x2 + y 2 ≤ 1 in the first quadrant?

(12) Use Polar co-ordinates to evaluate the integrals:

R0 R0 dx dy R 2 R √1−(x−1)2 x+y
(a) −1 − 1−x2 √ 2 2 ,
√ (b) 0 0 x2 +y 2
dy dx.
1+ x +y
(a)

(b)
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(13) Find the area of the region cut from the first quadrant by the curve r = 2 2 − sin 2θ.

(14) Find the area of the region common to the interiors of the curves r = 1 + cos θ and r = 1 − cos θ.

(15) Find the volume of the solid bounded in back by the plane x = 0, on the front and sides by he
parabolic cylinder x = 1 − y 2 , on the top by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 , and on the bottom by the
xy-plane.

R 2 R 4−x2 R x sin 2z
(16) Evaluate the triple integral 0 0 0 4−z dy dz dx.

R 1 R √1−y2 R x
(17) Evaluate −1 0 0 (x2 + y 2 ) dz dy dx using cylindrical co-ordinates.

(18) Using spherical co-ordinates, find the volume of the solid enclosed by the cardioid of revolution
ρ = 1 − cos φ.

2 − xy − y 2 )dA, where R is the region in the first

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(19) Use u = x − y, v = 2x − y to evaluate R (2x
quadrant bounded by the lines y = −2x + 4, y = −2x + 7, y = x − 2, and y = x + 1.

2 + 14xy + 8y 2 ) dA, where R is the region in the

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(20) Using a suitable transformation evaluate R (3x
first quadrant bounded by the lines 2y = −3x + 2, 2y = −3x + 6, 4y = −x, and 4y = −x + 4.
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(21) Let R be the region in the first quadrant of thexy-plane bounded by the hyperbolas xy = 1, xy = 9
and the lines y = x, y = 4x. Using the transformation x = u/v, y = uv with u > 0, v > 0 evaluate
RR p √
R ( y/x + xy)dA.

(22) Let D be the region given by 1 ≤ x ≤ 2, 0 ≤ xy ≤ 2, 0 ≤ z ≤ 1. Using u = x, v = xy, w = 3z,

evaluate D (x2 y + 3xyz)dV.
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