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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:
- .
- We can calculate the are using a double integral:
- In polar coordinates the equation of the curves take this form:
- and
- 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:
- .
- We can calculate the are using a double integral:
- 
- 
- In polar coordinates the equation of the curves take this form:
- 
- and
- 
- 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: . We can calculate the are using a double integral:   In polar coordinates the equation of the curves take this form:  and  How do I find the limits of integration of the angle theta?