The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MAT 3110 - Engineering Mathematics II
Tutorial Sheet 5 - Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates August, 2023

1. Change the Cartesian integral into an equivalent polar integral. Then evaluate the polar
integral.
(a) (b)
Z 1 Z √1−x2 Z 1 Z √1−x2
dydx √
dydx
− 0 −1 − 1−x2
(c) (d)
Z 1 Z √1−y2 Z 1 Z √1−y2
x2 + y 2
x2 + y 2 dxdy



dxdy √
0 0 −1 − 1−y 2
(e) (f)
Z a Z √
a2 −x2 Z 2 Z √4−y2
a ∈ R, a > 0 x2 + y 2 dxdy


√
dydx,
−a − a2 −x2 0 0
(g) (h)
Z 6 Z y Z 2 Z x
x dxdy y dydx
0 0 0 0
(i) (j)
1 0
Z Z 1 0
p
2 4 x2 + y 2
Z Z
√
p dydx √ dxdy
−1 − 1−x2 1 + x2 + y 2 −1 − 1−y 2 1 + x2 + y 2
(k) √ (l) √
(ln x)2 −y 2 √ 1 1−x2
Z ln 2 Z
Z Z
e−(x ) dydx
2 +y 2
2 2
e x +y dxdy
0 0 0 0
(m) (n)
Z 2 Z 1−(x−1)2
Z 2 Z 0
x+y xy 2 dxdy
dydx √
0 0 x2 + y 2 0 − 1−(y−1) 2

(o) (p)
1 Z √1−y2 Z 1 Z √
1−x2
2
Z
2 2


√ ln x + y + 1 dxdy √
dydx
−1 − 1−y 2 −1 − 1−x2 (1 + x2 + y 2 )2

2. Evaluate ZZ
2 −y 2
e1−x dA
D

where D is the region in the 4th quadrant between x2 + y 2 = 16 and x2 + y 2 = 36.

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3. Evaluate ZZ
6xy + 4x2 dA
D

where D is the portion of x2 + y 2 = 9 in the 4th quadrant.

4. Integrate
ln (x2 + y 2 )
f (x, y) = p
x2 + y 2
over the region 1 ≤ x2 + y 2 ≤ e.

5. Integrate
ln (x2 + y 2 )
f (x, y) = p
x2 + y 2
over the region 1 ≤ x2 + y 2 ≤ e2 .

6. The region that lies inside the cardioid r = 1 + cos θ and outside the circle r = 1 is the
base of a solid right cylinder. The top of the cylinder lies in the plane z = x. Find the
cylinder’s volume.

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7. The region enclosed by the lemniscate
√ r = 2 cos θ is the base of a solid cylinder whose
top is bounded by the sphere z = 2 − r2 . Find the cylinder’s volume.

8. The usual way to evaluate the improper integral

Z ∞
2
I= e−x dx
0

is to first to calculate its square:

Z ∞  Z ∞  Z ∞ Z ∞
e−(x ) dxdy
2 +y 2
2 −x2 −y 2
I = e dx e dy =
0 0 0 0

Evaluate the above integral using polar coordinates and find the value of I.

9. Evaluate the integral Z ∞ Z ∞

1
dxdy
0 0 (1 + x2 + y 2 )2

10. Integrate the function

1
f (x, y) =
1 − x2 − y 2
over the disk x2 + y 2 ≤ 34 .
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11. Suppose that the area of a region in the polar coordinate plane is given by the double
integral
Z 3π Z 2 sin θ
4
A= r drdθ.
π
4
csc θ

Sketch the region and find its area.

12. Use a double integral to determine the volume of the solid that is inside both the cylinder
x2 + y 2 = 9 and the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 16.

13. Use a double integral to determine the volume of the solid that is bounded by z =
12 − 3x2 − 3y 2 and z = x2 + y 2 − 8.

End of Tutorial Sheet