Solution

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The radial interval is nonempty exactly when , or . Choose the representative angular range . The region of integration is therefore
It is the right-hand cap inside the cardioid and outside the circle of radius , symmetric about the horizontal axis. Its boundary intersections have coordinates , and the cap reaches . The radial segment on the horizontal axis runs from to .
Figure 1.
The integration cap inside a cardioid and outside the concentric circle
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