Area above asymptote of polar curve

Calculus Level 2

The polar curve r = 1 θ π r = \frac{1}{ \theta - \pi} has a horizontal asymptote y = 1 y=-1 . Find the area bounded by this asymptote and the curve. If this area can be written as A π \frac{A}{\pi} , submit A A .


The answer is 2.

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1 solution

Michael Mendrin
Aug 8, 2018

We can do a parametric integration of this curve shifted up by 1 1

x ( θ ) = C o s ( θ ) θ π x(\theta)=\dfrac{Cos(\theta)}{\theta-\pi}

y ( θ ) = S i n ( θ ) θ π + 1 y(\theta)=\dfrac{Sin(\theta)}{\theta-\pi}+1

a b y ( θ ) x ( θ ) d θ = 2 ( π θ ) + S i n ( 2 θ ) 4 ( π θ ) 2 \displaystyle \int _{ a }^{ b }{ y'(\theta )x(\theta )d\theta }= \dfrac { 2(\pi - \theta)+Sin(2\theta ) }{ { 4\left( \pi - \theta \right) }^{ 2 } }

For θ = π 2 \theta = \dfrac{\pi}{2} to \infty , this works out to 1 π \dfrac{1}{\pi} , so the answer is twice that.

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