Finding Volume of Solid in First Octant with Bounded Polar Equations

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Homework Statement



find the volume of the solid bounded by the graphs of the given equations:

r=1+cos∅
z=y
z=0
(the first octant)

Homework Equations



V=[itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex] rdrd∅


The Attempt at a Solution



So, I've been having trouble deciding what to integrate from and to. I converted the z equations into polar coordinates, so, z=rsin and z=0

[itex]\int[/itex][itex]^{2\pi}_{0}[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]^{1+cos∅}_{0}[/itex] (rsin)rdrd∅

Mod note: revised LaTeX
[tex]\int_0^{2\pi} \int_0^{1 + cos(\theta)} rsin(\theta) r~dr~d\theta[/tex]

I found, from the first integration, [2∏]\int[/0][itex]r^(3)sin∅/3 d∅ and I need to plug in (1+cos∅) and 0 for r...but, this seems WAY too complicated having a trig function to the 3rd power.<br /> <br /> I'm not even sure if I have the beginning correct. Can anyone help me out?[/itex]
 
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