Area enclosed by a polar curveEdexcel A-Level Further Maths: Mind map
Area formula
Trig integrals
Limits
Polar areas
and tangents
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Between curves
Tangents
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Exam questions on Area enclosed by a polar curve
- The curve has polar equation for .Find the exact area of the region bounded by and the half-lines and .2 marks
- The curve has polar equation for .Find the exact area of the region bounded by and the half-lines and .2 marks
- The curve has polar equation for .Find the polar coordinates of the point of , other than the pole and the point where , at which the tangent is perpendicular to the initial line.3 marks
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).