Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 16 - Multiple Integration - 16.6 Change of Variables - Exercises - Page 905: 17

Answer

$4$

Work Step by Step

To find the Jacobian, we calculate the determinant of the 2x2 matrix $\frac{\partial(x, y)}{\partial(r, \theta)}$ as follows $$ \operatorname{Jac}(G)=\frac{\partial(x, y)}{\partial(r,\theta)}=\left|\begin{array}{ll} {\frac{\partial x}{\partial r}} & {\frac{\partial x}{\partial \theta}} \\ {\frac{\partial y}{\partial r}} & {\frac{\partial y}{\partial\theta}} \end{array}\right|=\left|\begin{array}{ll} { \cos \theta} & {-r\sin\theta} \\ {\sin\theta} & {r\cos\theta} \end{array}\right| =r\cos^2 \theta+r\sin^2\theta=r. $$ Now, at the point $(r,\theta)= (4,\pi/6)$, we have $ \operatorname{Jac}(G)=4.$
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