TUTORIAL 4: DOUBLE INTEGRALS

Double Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates

1 1


2y
1. Sketch the region of the integral 2
dxdy and evaluate the integral by reversing the
x 1
0 y2

order of the integration.

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ANSWER: ln 2
2

0 2 x

2. Consider the double integral

  f x, y  dydx .
 2 x2

i. Sketch the region of integration.

ii. Write an equivalent integral by reversing the order of integration.
ANSWER:

2 0 4 2 y

i. ii.
  f x, y  dxdy    f x, y  dxdy
0  y 2  y

3 y2

3. Sketch the region of integration of

  ye
0 0
x
dxdy and evaluate the integral by reversing the order

of integration.

e9
ANSWER: 5
2

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8 2


4
4. Sketch the region of integration of e x dxdy and evaluate the integral by reversing the order
0 3 y

of integration.

ANSWER:
4

1 16
e 1 
2 4  x2
 xe 2 y 
5. Consider the double integral

0 0



 4  y  dydx .

i. Sketch the region of integration.
ii. Evaluate the integral by reversing the order of integration.
ANSWER:

i. ii.
4

1 8
e 1 
2 4

e
y2
6. Sketch the region of integration for dydx and evaluate the integral by reversing the
0 2x

order of integration.

ANSWER:
4

1 16
e 1 

Double Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates

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1 1 x 2

  x 
4
7. Sketch the region of integration and evaluate  x 2 y 2 dydx by using polar coordinates.
1 0


ANSWER:
12

8. Calculate the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the line y  x, the x-axis and
the circle x 2  y 2  4.

ANSWER:
2

Center of Mass

9. A lamina is bounded by the graphs of x  y 2 and x  4. Find the center of mass of the lamina if
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the mass of the lamina is and the density at (x,y) is given by x, y   y  1 .
3
 12 4 
ANSWER:  , 
 5 5

10. A thin plate of constant density k bounded by the parabola y  3 x 2 and the line y  3 has a
mass of 4k. Find the center of mass of the plate.
 9
ANSWER:  0, 
 5

11. Find the x-coordinate for the centre of mass of a lamina with uniform density  that is bounded
by the x  4  y 2 and the line x  0 .
8 
ANSWER:  ,0 
5 

12. The mass and the density of a uniform semicircular disc shown in the Figure 1 are both 1 unit.
2a 3
Show that the y-coordinate of the centre of mass of a semicircular dics with radius a is .
3

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