Solve the following double integral by converting to polar coordinates first:
∫20∫√4−x20(x2+y2)3/2dydx
My attempt at a solution:
∫∫Rdydx(Cartesian) = ∫∫Rrdrdθ(Polar)
x=rcosθ,y=rsinθ
y=√4−x2 ---> x2+y2=4 ∴ ∫2r=0
Because we can only use the top half of the circle, ∫πθ=0
Therefore, the overall integral I arrive at is:
∫π0∫20(r2)3/2rdrdθ,
Which simplifies down to:
∫π0∫20r4drdθ
Solving this, I get an answer of 32π5. The answer in the book, however, is 16π5. What am I doing wrong? Where am I ending up with an answer twice as big as it should be?
Answer
You should only be using the upper left quadrant of the circle. x ranges from 0 to 2; to get the full top half, it would need to range from −2 to 2. I find it usually helps to draw the full region before starting any coordinate transforms.
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