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Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates
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The polar coordinate system is a substitute to the Cartesian xy-coordinate system. In this system, rather than specifying the coordinate of a point with x and y coordinates in 2D space, we can use the radius and the angle to define the coordinate of a point uniquely. The radius and angle with respect to the positive x-axis are shown below:

The following equations relates the polar coordinates system with Cartesian coordinates system:
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When we convert the area to polar coordinates, we will have
The general form of a double integral from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates is in the form of:
where r changes from a to b and changes from to .

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Evaluate the double integral
where is a region inside a circle with a radius of 3 in the first quadrant.


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Evaluate where D is the portion of the region between the circles of radius 2 and radius 5 centered at the origin that lies in the first quadrant.
We can determine the domain, D, in terms of polar coordinates. So,
Then,
What is the volume of the region under the sphere above the plane and inside
Find where D is the lower half of