44. The total area of the region enclosed by the polar graph of \( r = 1 + \cos \theta \) is given by which of the following expressions?






Answer is: option2

\( \int_{0}^{\pi} (1 + \cos \theta)^2 \, d\theta \)

Solution:

The polar curve \( r = 1 + \cos \theta \) is a cardioid. The part produced as \( \theta \) goes from \( 0 \) to \( \pi \) encloses the same area as that generated as \( \theta \) goes from \( \pi \) to \( 2\pi \).

Although we would usually compute the area as \( A = \frac{1}{2} \int_{0}^{2\pi} (f(\theta))^2 \, d\theta \), in this case we can use the interval \( [0, \pi] \) instead of \( [0, 2\pi] \) and eliminate the factor \( \frac{1}{2} \).

Thus, \( A = \int_{0}^{\pi} (1 + \cos \theta)^2 \, d\theta \).

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