For what value of "a" is the area enclosed by r =theta, theta=0, and theta=a equal to 1?

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anonymous · Answer

Isn't that just a circle of radius=a?
Or do you want the area bounded between the X- and/or Y-axes with that spiral?

anonymous · Answer

The issue is I am not quite sure what they are expecting as the final answer. I am supposed to find the area of a polar curve. And the furthest I get is integral from 0 to 1 1/2(theta)^2 dtheta but them I'm not sure how to get "a" and its values

anonymous · Answer

Or do you mean something like this?
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