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Find limits of integration in polar coordinates
- Suppose we have this graph and we want to find the area between the 2 curves:
- ![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/xum62GPERZqYiqMuiVmgLAq1).
- We can calculate the are using a double integral:
![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/axR3bn8H6att46y116XAXeUT)![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/yk94caT3ihKQs4P9nCVwGWhb)- In polar coordinates the equation of the curves take this form:
![a](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/odkFguKn7CnqsyLG3QMDFBvY)- and
![a](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/u7BqhyH2viMsy5AZHBoquKEC)- How do I find the limits of integration of the angle theta?
- Suppose we have this graph and we want to find the area between the 2 curves:
- ![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/xum62GPERZqYiqMuiVmgLAq1).
- We can calculate the are using a double integral:
- ![graph](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/axR3bn8H6att46y116XAXeUT)
- ![equation](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/yk94caT3ihKQs4P9nCVwGWhb)
- In polar coordinates the equation of the curves take this form:
- ![equation](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/odkFguKn7CnqsyLG3QMDFBvY)
- and
- ![equation](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/u7BqhyH2viMsy5AZHBoquKEC)
- How do I find the limits of integration of the angle theta?
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Find limits of integration in polar coordinates
Suppose we have this graph and we want to find the area between the 2 curves: ![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/xum62GPERZqYiqMuiVmgLAq1). We can calculate the are using a double integral: ![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/axR3bn8H6att46y116XAXeUT) ![hi](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/yk94caT3ihKQs4P9nCVwGWhb) In polar coordinates the equation of the curves take this form: ![a](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/odkFguKn7CnqsyLG3QMDFBvY) and ![a](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/u7BqhyH2viMsy5AZHBoquKEC) How do I find the limits of integration of the angle theta?