Determine Whether to Use Polar Coordinates or Rectangular Coordinates to Evaluate

question 138

Short Answer

Determine whether to use polar coordinates or rectangular coordinates to evaluate the integral $\iint _ { R } f ( x , y ) d A$ , where $f$ is a continuous function. Then write an expression for the (iterated) integral.

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