How to calculate dA of a hemisphere.

[physiker99]

I am not sure about how the integrations are initiated at the question below.

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How does dA differ from dV and how are boundaries for integrations are done?

 

[Oerg]

dS is the infinitesimal area element of a sphere in this case. It is given by
dS=R^2\sin{\theta}d\theta d\phi

Its direction is radial, that's why you have the component v_r in the second step.

dS can be thought of as 2 parts. The first part is R\sin{\theta}d\phi, which can be thought of as the base of the rectangular area. The second part is R d\theta, which is the height of the rectangular area.