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Geometric Applications.
Although we do not introduce an exact proof, it is easy to visualize geometrically,
that if f (x y) is a nonnegative
RR (continuous)function dened on a region R E2, then
the double integral f (x y) dxdy represents the volume of the solid S bounded above
R
by the surface z = f (x y), below by the plane Pxy and laterally by a cylindrical surface
generated by vertical lines passing through all points of the boundary of R. Therefore
ZZ
V (S ) = f (x y) dxdy:
R
Example 1. Find the volume of the tetrahedron bounded by the coordinate planes and
by the plane z = 4 ; 4x ; 2y.
Example 2. Find the volume of the solid in the rst octant bounded above by the pa-
raboloid z = x2 + 3y2, below by the plane z = 0 and laterally by surfaces y = x2 and
y = x.
Example 3. Find the volume of the solid enclosed by surface y2 = x and by planes z = 0
and x + z = 1.
Example 4. Find the volume of the solid in the rst octant bounded
1. by the three coordinate planes and the planes x + 2y = 4 and x + 8y ; 4z = 0,
2. by the surface z = ey;x , the plane x + y = 1 and the coordinate planes,
3. above by the surface z = 9 ; x2 , below by z = 0 and laterally by the surface
y2 = 3x,
4. by the coordinate planes, the plane x = 3 and by the surface z = 4 ; y2.
In spite of the fact that double integrals arose in the context of calculating volumes,
they can also be used to calculate areas. For this purpose we consider the solid consisting
of points between the plane z = 1 and a region R in the plane Pxy .
RR
The volume V of this solid is (f (x y) = 1) : V = 1 dxdy and simultaneously this
R
volume equals to the product of the area of the region and the "height" of this solid,
V = A(R) 1, it follows that ZZ
A(R) = dxdy
R
Example 5. Use double integration to nd area of the plane region enclosed by the given
curves:
1. x + y = 5 x = 0 y = 0,
2. y = x2 y = 4x,
3. y = sin x y = cos x, for 0 x 4 ,
4. y2 = ;x 3y ; x = 4,
5. y2 = 9 ; x y2 = x ; 9,
6. x + y = 2 y = x2 y = 0.
Example 6. Sketch the region over which the integration takes place and write an equ-
ivalent integral with the order of integration reversed. evaluate both integrals.
p p
Z1 Z y Z4 Z2 Z1 Z y Z1 Zey
e) dxdy f) dxdy g) dxdy h) dxdy:
0 y 0
py 0 ;py 0 0
From the geometric meaning of double integrals it follows easily that if f (x y) and
g(x y) are two (continuous) functions dened on a region R E2 and such that for
each x y] 2 R is f (x y) g(x y), then the volume of the solid S enclosed above by
the graph of f (x y), below by the graph of g(x y) and laterally by a cylindrical surface
generated by vertical lines passing through all points of the boundary of R, is:
ZZ
V (S ) = (g(x y) ; f (x y))) dxdy:
R
Example 7. Find the volume of the solid enclosed by the surface z = y2 ; 1 and by planes
z = 3 x = 0 and x = 3.
Example 8. By means of double integration nd the volume of the solid in the rst octant
given by inequalities: x + y z 2.
If a function f (x y) has continuous rst partial derivatives on a closed region R E2 ,
then the area of the surface S given by the equation z = f (x y) x y] 2 R equals
ZZ q
A(S ) = 1 + (fx0 (x y))2 + (fy0 (x y))2 dxdy:
R
Example 10. A thin plate covers the triangular region bounded by Ox and the lines x = 1
and y = 2x in the rst quadrant. The plate's density is (x y) = 6x + 6y + 6. Find the
plate's mass, static moments and centre of mass.
Example 11. Find the mass and centre of mass for
1. a rectangular lamina with vertices 0 0] 0 2] 3 0] 3 2], if its density is (x y) =
xy2,
2. a lamina bounded by Ox, the line x = 1 and the curve y = x, with density
p
(x y) = x + y.
In the special case of a homogeneous region (lamina) R, the centre of gravity is called
the centroid of the region . In this case
ZZ ZZ
1
xT = A(R) x dxdy and yT = A(R) y dxdy 1
R R
Example 12. Find the centroid of the following regions in E2 :
1. The triangular region bounded by lines y = x x = 1 and Ox.
2. The region bounded by y = x2 x = 1 and Ox.
3. The region enclosed between y = x and y = 2 ; x2 .
4. The region enclosed between y = jxj and y = 4.
Example 13. Graph the sets of points whose polar coordinates satisfy the following equ-
ations and inequalities.
1. 1 r 2,
2. 0 ' r = 1,
3. ' = 4 2 r 4,
4. 2 ' 34 r 1.