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Homework Statement
Use a double integral to find the area of one loop of the rose r = cos 3[itex]\theta[/itex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
This is a past test question. The only thing I got wrong was the set up while I got the rest of the mechanical steps right. I set up as
∫∫ (r*cos 3θ) dr dθ
which is not right. I thought it might either be
∫∫ (r*r) dr dθ
or
∫∫ (cos 3θ * cos 3θ) dr dθ