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<span class="exam">(b) Find the area enclosed by the curve.
 
<span class="exam">(b) Find the area enclosed by the curve.
  
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[[009C Sample Final 1, Problem 8 Solution|'''<u>Solution</u>''']]
  
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|The area under a polar curve <math style="vertical-align: -5px">r=f(\theta)</math> is given by
 
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\int_{\alpha_1}^{\alpha_2} \frac{1}{2}r^2~d\theta</math> for appropriate values of <math>\alpha_1,\alpha_2.</math>
 
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[[009C Sample Final 1, Problem 8 Detailed Solution|'''<u>Detailed Solution</u>''']]
  
'''Solution:'''
 
  
'''(a)'''
 
 
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!Step 1: &nbsp;
 
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|Insert sketch
 
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'''(b)'''
 
 
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!Step 1: &nbsp;
 
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|Since the graph has symmetry (as seen in the graph), the area of the curve is
 
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>2\int_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}\frac{1}{2}(1+\sin (2\theta)^2)~d\theta.</math>
 
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|Using the double angle formula for <math style="vertical-align: -5px">\sin(2\theta),</math> we have
 
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\begin{array}{rcl}
 
\displaystyle{2\int_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}\frac{1}{2}(1+\sin (2\theta))^2~d\theta} & = & \displaystyle{\int_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}1+2\sin(2\theta)+\sin^2(2\theta)~d\theta} \\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\int_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}1+2\sin(2\theta)+\frac{1-\cos(4\theta)}{2}~d\theta}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\int_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}\frac{3}{2}+2\sin(2\theta)-\frac{\cos(4\theta)}{2}~d\theta}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{3}{2}\theta-\cos(2\theta)-\frac{\sin(4\theta)}{8}\bigg|_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}.}\\
 
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|Lastly, we evaluate to get
 
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\displaystyle{\frac{3}{2}\theta-\cos(2\theta)-\frac{\sin(4\theta)}{8}\bigg|_{-\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{3\pi}{4}}} & = &\displaystyle{\frac{3}{2}\bigg(\frac{3\pi}{4}\bigg)-\cos\bigg(\frac{3\pi}{2}\bigg)-\frac{\sin(3\pi)}{8}-\bigg[\frac{3}{2}\bigg(-\frac{\pi}{4}\bigg)-\cos\bigg(-\frac{\pi}{2}\bigg)-\frac{\sin(-\pi)}{8}\bigg]}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{9\pi}{8}+\frac{3\pi}{8}}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{3\pi}{2}.}\\
 
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|&nbsp;&nbsp; '''(a)''' &nbsp; &nbsp; See Step 1 above.
 
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|&nbsp;&nbsp; '''(b)''' &nbsp; &nbsp; <math>\frac{3\pi}{2}</math>
 
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[[009C_Sample_Final_1|'''<u>Return to Sample Exam</u>''']]
 
[[009C_Sample_Final_1|'''<u>Return to Sample Exam</u>''']]

Latest revision as of 18:12, 2 December 2017

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

(a) Sketch the curve.

(b) Find the area enclosed by the curve.


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