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Alright, so I'm having a problem converting to polar co-ordinates
Never been confused by polar before :(I'm trying to convert the domain of an integral to polar co-ordinates
The domain would be something like
D:{(x,y)| 1<x<2 , 0<y<(2x-x2) 1/2}
First I recognize that y=(2x-x2) 1/2 is the equation for a circle of radius shifted 1 unit to the right
so
y2 + (x-1)2 = 1
and it is the domain from x = 1 to x =2 (So the top right quadrant of the circle)
[PLAIN]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4919/graphua.png
Graphically I can deduce that since x = y = 1 at the peak, then cos\vartheta = sqrt(2) :. \vartheta = \frac{\pi}{4}
and it looks like r goes from 0 to 2cos\vartheta //Which I am told is wrong
This leads me to two questions:
1) How would I find r graphically here?
2) Is it possible to convert to polar algebraically?
I tried to convert the inequalities seperately but that led me to
D:{(r,\vartheta)| \frac{\pi}{4} < \vartheta < 0, 0 < r < 2cos\vartheta}
//My method is below
0<y<(2x-x2)1/2
02 < y2 < 2x - x2
0 < y2 + x2 < 2x
0 < r2 < 2rcos\vartheta[\tex]<br /> 0/r < r < 2cos\vartheta<br /> <br /> 1 < x < 2<br /> 1 < rcos\vartheta < 2<br /> r has a maximum value of 2cos\vartheta <br /> 1 < 2 cos<sup>2</sup>\vartheta < 2<br /> 1/2 < cos<sup>2</sup>\vartheta < 1<br /> 1/sqrt(2) < cos\vartheta < 1<br /> \frac{\pi}{4} < \vartheta < 0
Never been confused by polar before :(I'm trying to convert the domain of an integral to polar co-ordinates
The domain would be something like
D:{(x,y)| 1<x<2 , 0<y<(2x-x2) 1/2}
First I recognize that y=(2x-x2) 1/2 is the equation for a circle of radius shifted 1 unit to the right
so
y2 + (x-1)2 = 1
and it is the domain from x = 1 to x =2 (So the top right quadrant of the circle)
[PLAIN]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4919/graphua.png
Graphically I can deduce that since x = y = 1 at the peak, then cos\vartheta = sqrt(2) :. \vartheta = \frac{\pi}{4}
and it looks like r goes from 0 to 2cos\vartheta //Which I am told is wrong
This leads me to two questions:
1) How would I find r graphically here?
2) Is it possible to convert to polar algebraically?
I tried to convert the inequalities seperately but that led me to
D:{(r,\vartheta)| \frac{\pi}{4} < \vartheta < 0, 0 < r < 2cos\vartheta}
//My method is below
0<y<(2x-x2)1/2
02 < y2 < 2x - x2
0 < y2 + x2 < 2x
0 < r2 < 2rcos\vartheta[\tex]<br /> 0/r < r < 2cos\vartheta<br /> <br /> 1 < x < 2<br /> 1 < rcos\vartheta < 2<br /> r has a maximum value of 2cos\vartheta <br /> 1 < 2 cos<sup>2</sup>\vartheta < 2<br /> 1/2 < cos<sup>2</sup>\vartheta < 1<br /> 1/sqrt(2) < cos\vartheta < 1<br /> \frac{\pi}{4} < \vartheta < 0
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