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Multivariable Calculus - MTH 243, Sections 1 & 3

The document contains solutions to 19 problems involving evaluating double integrals using polar coordinates. The problems involve finding volumes, surface areas, and line integrals of regions defined by circles, spheres, cylinders, cones, and other curves. The solutions use properties of polar coordinates to convert the integrals into simpler forms that can be evaluated analytically or numerically.

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Multivariable Calculus - MTH 243, Sections 1 & 3

The document contains solutions to 19 problems involving evaluating double integrals using polar coordinates. The problems involve finding volumes, surface areas, and line integrals of regions defined by circles, spheres, cylinders, cones, and other curves. The solutions use properties of polar coordinates to convert the integrals into simpler forms that can be evaluated analytically or numerically.

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MTH243 Solutions to Homework 22 Fall 2005

Multivariable Calculus — MTH 243, sections 1 & 3


(total: 16 problems)

RR
12.4, #9. Evaluate the given integral D
xy dA, where D is the disk with center the origin
and radius 3, by changing to polar coordinates.
Solution.
Z2π Z3 Z3 Z2π
I= dθ r 2 cos θ sin θ rdr = r 3 dr × cos θ sin θ dθ = 0 ,
0 0 0 0

because
Z2π Z2π
1 1 1
cos θ sin θ dθ = d(sin2 θ) = sin2 2π − sin2 0 = 0 .
2 2 2
0 0

RR
12.4, #10. Evaluate the given integral R
(x + y) dA, where R is the region that lies to the
left of the y-axis between the circles x + y = 1 and x2 + y 2 = 4.
2 2

Solution.
3π/2
Z Z2 3π/2
Z Z2
I = dθ (r cos θ + r sin θ) rdr = (cos θ + sin θ) dθ × r 2 dr
π/2 1 π/2 1
r=2
θ=3π/2 r 3 7 14
= [sin θ − cos θ]θ=π/2 × = −2 × = − ≈ −4.6666 .
3 r=1 3 3

RR
12.4, #11. Evaluate the given integral R
cos(x2 + y 2 ) dA, where R is the region that lies
above the x-axis within the circle x2 + y 2 = 9.
Solution.
Zπ Z3 Z3
1 π
dθ cos(r 2 ) rdr = π d sin(r 2 ) = sin 9 .
2 2
0 0 0

RR p
12.4, #12. Evaluate the given integral R
4 − x2 − y 2 dA, where R = {(x, y) | x2 + y 2 ≤
4, x ≥ 0}.
Solution.
Zπ/2 Z2 √ Z2 √
π π u=4 8π
dθ 4 − r 2 rdr = 4 − r 2 dr 2 = − (4 − u)3/2 = ≈ 8.3777 .

2 3 u=0 3
−π/2 0 0

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RR
12.4, #13. Evaluate the given integral R
arctan(y/x) dA, where R = {(x, y) | 1 ≤ x2 + y 2 ≤
4, 0 ≤ y ≤ x}.
Solution. In new variables x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ, the region of integration becomes
R = {(r, θ) | 1 ≤ r ≤ 2, 0 ≤ r sin θ ≤ r cos θ}, which is equivalent to R = {(r, θ) | 1 ≤ r ≤
2, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π/4}. Then
Zπ/4 Z2 Zπ/4 Z2
3π 2
ZZ
arctan(y/x) dA = dθ r dr arctan(tan θ) = θ dθ r dr = ≈ 0.4626 .
64
R 0 1 0 1

y ex dA, where R is the region in the first quadrant


RR
12.4, #14. Evaluate the given integral R
enclosed by the circle x2 + y 2 = 25.
Solution.
ZZ Zπ/2 Zr Zr Zπ/2
x r cos θ
= − r dr d er cos θ

y e dA = dθ r dr r sin θ e
R 0 0 0 0
Zr r=5
r2

23
= − r dr [1 − er ] = − r e r + er = − 4 e5 ≈ −582.1526364 .
2 r=0 2
0

12.4, #15. Use polar coordinates to find the volume of the given solid under the cone z =
p
x2 + y 2 and above the disk x2 + y 2 ≤ 4.
Solution.
Z2π Z2 3 r=2

r 16π
ZZ p
V = x2 + y 2 dA = dθ r dr r = 2π = ≈ 16.755 .
3 r=0 3
D 0 0

12.4, #16. Use polar coordinates to find the volume of the given solid below the paraboloid
z = 18 − 2x2 − 2y 2 and above the xy-plane.
Solution.
ZZ Z2π Z3 Z3
V = (18 − 2x2 − 2y 2 ) dA = dθ r dr (18 − 2r 2 ) = 4π (9r − r 3 ) dr
D 0 0 0
2 4 r=3
 
9r r
= 4π − = 81π .
2 4 r=0

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12.4, #17. Use polar coordinates to find the volume of a sphere of radius a.
Solution. Because of the symmetry, we can find the volume of the half of the sphere and then
double the result:
Z2π Za r=a
r 3 4π 3
2 dθ r dr r = 4π = a .
3 r=0 3
0 0

12.4, #18. Use polar coordinates to find the volume of the given solid inside the sphere
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 16 and outside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4.
Solution.
Z2π Z4 √ Z16 u=16

√ 2π
3/2
dθ r dr 16 − r2 =π 16 − u du = − (16 − u) = 16π 3 ≈ 87.062369 .
2 u=4
0 2 4

12.4,
p #19. Use polar coordinates to find the volume of the given solid above the cone z =
x + y 2 and below the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
2

Solution. The required volume, V , is the difference of volumes below the sphere and below
the cone: ZZ p ZZ p
V = 1 − x2 − y 2 dA − x2 + y 2 dA ,
D D
p
where D is the domain of integration, which we find by substituting z = √x2 + y 2 into the
equation of sphere. So D = {(x, y) | x2 + y 2 ≤ 21 } is the disk of radius 1/ 2. Using polar
coordinates, we obtain
√ √
Z2π 1/
Z 2 Z2π 1/
Z 2

V = dθ 1 − r 2 rdr − dθ r 2 dr
0 0 0 0

Z 2
1/ √
√ 3 r=1/ 2

r 2π 

2 2 3/2 3 r=1/ 2

= π 1 − d(r ) − 2π r2 = −(1 − r ) − r r=0
3 r=0 3
0
"  
3/2  3/2 #   √
2π 1 1 2π 1 2π( 2 − 1)
= − +1− = 1− √ = √ ≈ 0.61343 .
3 2 2 3 2 3 2

12.4, #20. Use polar coordinates to find the volume of the given solid bounded by the
paraboloid z = 1 + 2x2 + 2y 2 and the plane z = 7 in the first quadrant.

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Solution.
√ The paraboloid and the plane z = 7 intersect along the circle 7 = 1 + 2x2 + 2y 2 with
radius 3. Hence

Zπ/2 Z 3  2  √
4 r= 3
π r r
V = dθ r dr (1 + 2r 2 ) = + = 3π .
2 2 2 r=0
0 0

R3 R √9−x2
12.4, #25. Evaluate the iterated integral −3
dx 0
sin(x2 + y 2 ) dy by converting to polar
coordinates.
Solution.
Zπ Z3 Z9
π π
dθ r dr sin(r 2 ) = sin u du = (1 − cos 9) .
2 2
0 0 0


Ra R0
12.4, #26. Evaluate the iterated integral 0
dy − a2 −y 2
x2 y dx by converting to polar coordi-
nates.
Solution. The region of integration is the second quadrant, so
Zπ Za Zπ Za Zπ
a5
I = dθ r dr r 3 cos2 θ sin θ = cos2 θ sin θ dθ r 4 dr = − cos2 θ d(cos θ)
5
π/2 0 π/2 0 π/2
θ=π
a5 3
a5
= − cos θ = .
15 θ=π/2 15

R1 R √2−y2
12.4, #27. Evaluate the iterated integral 0
dy y
(x + y) dx by converting to polar coor-
dinates.
Solution. The region of integration is the first half of the first quadrant, so

Zπ/4 Z 2 √ Zπ/4 √
2 2 2 2 2
I= dθ r dr(sin θ + cos θ) = (sin θ + cos θ) dθ = ≈ 0.9428 .
3 3
0 0 0

R2 R √2x−x2 p
12.4, #28. Evaluate the iterated integral 0
dx 0
x2 + y 2 dy by converting to polar
coordinates.
Solution. The region of integration is the upper part of the disk (x − 1)2 + y 2 ≤ 1. Using
substitution x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ, we obtain the region of integration to be {(r, θ) | 0 ≤ r ≤

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2 cos θ, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π/4}. Then

Zπ/4 2Zcos θ Zπ/4


 θ=π/4

2 1 3 8 2 20
I= dθ r dr = (2 cos θ) dθ = cos θ sin θ + 2 sin θ = √ .
3 9 θ=0 9 2
0 0 0

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