40.The area of the closed region bounded by the polar graph of \( r = \sqrt{1 + \cos \theta} \) is given by






Answer is: option4

\( \int_{0}^{\pi} (1 + \cos \theta)\, d\theta \)

Solution:

In polar coordinates,

\[ \text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \int_{0}^{2\pi} r^2 \, d\theta \]

\( r = \sqrt{1 + \cos \theta} \Rightarrow r^2 = 1 + \cos \theta \).

Using the symmetry of cosine,

\[ A = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 2 \int_{0}^{\pi} (1 + \cos \theta)\, d\theta = \int_{0}^{\pi} (1 + \cos \theta)\, d\theta. \]

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