"Check Stokes' theorem in the plane where f(x,y)=y^2i+x^2j and the region formed is bounded by the circle (x^2+y^2=4)."

[lanadelrey10]

"The question is a problem from Leithold's calculus book. I didn't understand the (x = 5 \cos(t)). Shouldn't it be (x = 2 cos(t))? I'm referring to item b.

 

[blamocur]

"The question is a problem from Leithold's calculus book. I didn't understand the (x = 5 \cos(t)). Shouldn't it be (x = 2 cos(t))? I'm referring to item b.

Why ? [imath]x=5\cos t[/imath] is specified in the first line of the problem statement.