Chapter 12 · Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
12.12
Surface Area of Solids of Revolution in Polar Coordinates
Rotate a polar curve around an axis: 2π times the distance to the axis times the polar arc length element.
About 13 minutes
You'll learn to
- →Set up surface areas for polar curves around either axis
- →Recover the sphere formula
- →Compute the surface made by rotating a cardioid