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    Undergrad Understanding what integrating in polar gives you

    ok that makes sense, but why the line x=y?
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    Undergrad Understanding what integrating in polar gives you

    I am not understanding integration with polar coordinates, or at least visualizing what is happening. Here's the integral calculated in Wolfram: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=integrate+%28r%5E2%28cost%5E2-sint%5E2%29%29r+drdt+t%3D%280%29..%28pi%2F2%29+r%3D%281%29..%282%29+ the...