Gratuitously Polarized (Part 2)

Calculus Level 3

Consider the function y = 1 x 2 y = 1 - x^2 , graphed in the range 1 x 1 -1 \leq x \leq 1 . Suppose we represented the function in polar coordinates ( r , θ ) (r,\theta) instead of Cartesian coordinates ( x , y ) (x,y) . Here, r r is the distance from the origin, and θ \theta is the angle with respect to the positive x x axis.

Then we could calculate the angle-weighted average of the radius. In the expression below, the parenthetical indicates that the radius is a function of the angle.

r a v = 0 π r ( θ ) d θ π \large{r_{av} = \frac{\int_0^{\pi} \, r (\theta) \, d \theta}{\pi}}

What is 100 r a v \lfloor 100 \, r_{av} \rfloor , where \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the floor function?

Note: I posted Part 1 so long ago that I can't even find it anymore, except in the recesses of my own memory


The answer is 92.

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Aaghaz Mahajan
Feb 18, 2019

@Steven Chase Sir, I think this was the problem you were looking for........

Indeed it is, thanks. When I go to my profile, I can't scroll back that far.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 3 months ago

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Well, Sir, neither did I.....you can simply search for the problem you are looking for, in the search bar.........That is what I did......I typed in Gratuitously Polarized, and these two problems came up........:)

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 3 months ago

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Indeed, that works. Maybe when I tried the search earlier, I had it set to something other than "Problems" by accident.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 3 months ago

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