Double/Triple/Iterated Integrals and Max/Min

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Hi people, I have a midterm for calculus coming up, so I was wondering if you guys could give me some interesting problems regarding double/triple/iterated integrals with change of variables, and max/min.
 
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1) Find the ratio H/R of height to radius to minimize the total surface area of a right-circular cylinder of fixed volume V.

2) Find the integral I = \iint_R 21y dx dy where R is the region above the x-axis and bounded by y^2 = 4 -4x and y^2 = 4 +4x. (I would use a jacobian.)
 
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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