National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Engineering Mathematics-I (MA110)
Problem Sheet 7

1. Using double integrals in polar coordinates, find the area of the region enclosed by
(i) the circle x2 + y2 = 2x.
(ii) the circle x2 + y2 = 4y.

2. Change the Cartesian integral into an equivalent polar integral.

Z √3 Z x
(a) dy dx
1 1
√
Z 2Z 2x − x2
(b) dy dx
1 0
3. Find the area of the region that lies inside the cardioid r = 1 + cos θ and outside the circle
r = 1.
4. Find the average distance from a point P( x, y) in the disk x2 + y2 ≤ a2 to the origin.
Z ∞
2
5. Using double integrals in polar coordinates, evaluate e− x dx.
0
6. Using double integrals in polar coordinates, find the area of the rectangle formed by the
√
lines x = 0, x = 3, y = 0 and y = 1.
7. Find the area of the region enclosed by the circle r = 3 cos θ and the cardioid r = 1 + cos θ.

Answers
1. (i) π (ii) 4π
Z π/4 Z √3 sec θ
2. (a) r dr dθ
π/6 csc θ
Z π/4 Z 2 cos θ
(b) r dr dθ
0 sec θ
π +8
3. 4
2a
4. 3
√
π
5. 2
√
6. 3
5π
7. 4