The polar curve has a horizontal asymptote . Find the area bounded by this asymptote and the curve. If this area can be written as , submit .
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We can do a parametric integration of this curve shifted up by 1
x ( θ ) = θ − π C o s ( θ )
y ( θ ) = θ − π S i n ( θ ) + 1
∫ a b y ′ ( θ ) x ( θ ) d θ = 4 ( π − θ ) 2 2 ( π − θ ) + S i n ( 2 θ )
For θ = 2 π to ∞ , this works out to π 1 , so the answer is twice that.