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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