2 variable delta function integration

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Homework Statement



\int^{A}_{-A}\int^{Bx}_{-Bx}c\delta(xcos\varphi+ysin\varphi-d)dydx
where A, B, c, d are constant

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The Attempt at a Solution


I have tried a few different ways to integrate this, but am completely confused with what happens to this kind of delta function when you integrate it. I know integrating a delta function usually gives you 1 but I don't think this can work in this case. The answer has A,B,c and d in it, so the limits must be used somewhere. This is one step in a much longer problem, but it is frustrating to get close to the end and get stuck because I can't find anything anywhere about delta functions of 2 variables. Some help would really be appreciated.
 
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Did you or anyone else figure out how to deal with this? I have the same problem.
 
One could, for example, use the following property of a delta function:

\delta(af(x)) = \frac{1}{|a|}\delta(f(x))

to factor out the cosine in the argument of the delta function and then perform the x integration. The x integration is then easy, but there's a trick - you don't know for sure if the delta function argument is zero inside the limits of x integration, so you'll have to think carefully about that.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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