I have no idea where to begin or how do I go on about solving this, need desperate help. Thanks. You guys been absolute legends for helping me promptly for my previous 2 questions. God bless.
First, have you graphed it? If you don't mind "cheating" a little, you can use https://www.desmos.com/calculator.
Just enter r=3cos(θ) for the first function and r=3sin(2θ) for the second.
One thing you will need to know is where the two graphs intersect. That is, solve 3cos(θ)=3sin(2θ). That is, of course, equivalent to cos(θ)=sin(2θ). There is a "double angle identity that says that sin(2θ)=2sin(θ)cos(θ) (that's probably in your text book) so the equation is cos(θ)=2sin(θ)cos(θ). If cos(θ)=0 (i.e. for θ=π/2) we can divide both sides by cos(θ) to get 2sin(θ)=1, sin(θ)=21. That's true for θ=6π radians. You can see from the graph that this is symmetric about the x-axis so you want to integrate 3cos(θ)−3sin(2θ) from −6π to 6π.
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