How do you find areas bounded by polar curves using calculus?

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Wataru
Oct 18, 2014

If the region is bounded by a polar curve r=r(theta) from theta=theta_1 to theta_2, then its area A can be found by the double-integral

A=int_{theta_1}^{theta_2}int_0^{r(theta)}rdrd theta.

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