Some Double Integral Problems

Problem 1
Calculate

ZZ

yexy dA,
R

where R = [0, 2] [0, 3].

Solution: We can integrate the integral w.r.t x first then y, or vice versa.
But if we integrate w.r.t y first, we will run into the need of doing integration
by parts. Hence we will try x first, then y.
ZZ
Z 3Z 2
xy
ye
dA =
yexy dx dy
R

0
3

Z
=

2

[exy ] dy

(1 e2y ) dy =

5 1 6
+ e
2 2

Problem 2
Calculate

ZZ

cos(s3 ) dA,
D

where D is the region bounded by the curves t = 3s2 , t = 0, s = 1.

Solution: We will want to draw D first to see if this is Type I, Type II, or
we have to cut it up into a combination of those:

From the figure, we see that its both Type I and Type II. I will do it as
Type I:
ZZ

cos(s3 ) dA =
D

Z
=

3s2

cos(s3 ) dt ds

0
1

3s2 cos(s3 ) ds

1

= [sin s3 ] = sin 1
0

Problem 3
Find volume of the solid bounded by the coordinate planes and the plane 3x +
2y + z = 6.
Solution: We will want to have an idea of what solid this is:

Given that, we next project the graph onto xy-plane:

The line in the graph is 3x + 2y = 6. Now the function we will be integrating

over is the height of the graph at (x, y), in this case: z = f (x, y) = 6 3x 2y,
and the region is as in the graph above. Hence, we will perform (doing as Type
I region):
Z 2 Z 3 23 x
(6 3x 2y) dy dx = 6
0

I skipped algebra steps.

Problem 4
Evaluate
Z
0

ex dx dy

3y

Solution: The thing is if we try to do this directly, we will have to integrate

2
ex , not something that we know an explicit formula for. But this is a double
integral, so if we switch the order of integration, we may be able to do something
about this. To switch the order, we will need to know the region:

The line in the graph is x = 3y. Hence, if we are to switch the order of
integration, x will go from 0 to 3, and y will be from 0 to x/3:
Z

e
0

x2

dx dy =

3y

x/3

ex dy dx

0
3

x x2
e dx
0 3
1
1 2 3
= [ ex ] = (e9 1)
6
6
0

Problem 5
Evaluate
Z
0

1x2

1x2

4(x2 + y 2 ) dy dx

Solution: One can directly do the integrals, but its really a pain to do trig.
sub.s etc... So, lets see what can we do about it if we draw the region:

We see that its really half a circle of radius 1. Hence, it suggests us to

change the whole thing to polar coordinates:
Z
0

1x2

4(x2 + y 2 ) dy dx =
1x2

=
0

/2

4r2 r d dr

/2

4r3 dr =

Problem 6
p
Find volume of solid that is above the cone z = x2 + y 2 and below the sphere
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
Solution: Again, as in problem 3, we want to know what does the solid
look like:

We project this onto xy-plane:

The circle there has equation x2 + y 2 = 0.5 (get this by finding the intersection of the cone and sphere, when z > 0). Next, we have to figure out the
function that we will be integrating over. We see that the solid is bounded
above by the sphere, and below by the cone,
p which means
p z goes from the
2 + y 2 to
cone to thepsphere, more precisely
as
from
x
1 x2 y 2 . Hence
p
2
2
2
2
f (x, y) = 1 x y x + y . Now having everything, and since the
graph suggests polar coordinates, we have:

Z
0

0.5

Z
0

2
( 1 r2 r) r d dr =
(1 0.5)
3

with steps skipped, which is basically at most a u-sub.