I don't know if the anwser to my question is obvious because I cannot find any explanation anywhere on google.
Question
The blue region $R$ is bounded by the curve C with equation $r^{2} = a^{2}cos(2\theta)$ $0 \leqslant \theta \leqslant \frac{\pi}{4}$, the line $\theta = \frac{\pi}{2}$ and the line $l$ which is parallel to the initial line. The point $P(\frac{a}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{\pi}{6})$
Show the area of the blue region $R$ is $\frac{a^{2}}{16}(3\sqrt{3} - 4)$.
I tried solving this by finding the area of the rectangle up to $P$ then taking the area of the triangle up to $P$ away as well as the area of C enclosed by the green half line $\theta = \frac{\pi}{6}$ and $\theta = \frac{\pi}{2}$ which is where I made a mistake but do not understand why it does not work for $\theta = \frac{\pi}{2}$.
I've graphed the curve and shaded the regions as seen in the picture:
I know the general method of answering questions like these but what I am really asking is
Given a polar curve , if I choose two half lines (in this example the green one with equation $\theta = \frac{\pi}{6}$ and another half line that does enclose the curve BUT is greater than $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}$ i.e. it is any half line that encloses the curve but isn't the closest one to it which is the pink one $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}$ , why do I get a different area than the actual area?
Is the curve not enclosed by any half line that is greater than $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $\frac{\pi}{6}$ ?
How do I determine the other half line to enclose the curve that is correct then?
In the past I've come across several questions where I could avoid this situation but now since my exams are approaching fast I feel I need to understand this properly.
The portion of R above the $\pi/4$ line (let us call it R1) is half of a square with side $\pi/(2\sqrt(2))$, so that its area is $ \pi^2/16$.
The area of the remaining part of R (let us call it R2) can be calculated as the difference between the area of the triangle delimitated by the lines $\pi/4$, $\pi/6$, and L, and that of the small portion of C above the $\pi/6$ line.
The triangle has base equal to $\pi (\sqrt{3}-1)/(2\sqrt{2})$ and height equal to $\pi/(2\sqrt{2})$, so that its area is $\pi^2 (\sqrt{3}-1)/16)$.
The area of the small portion of C above the $\pi/6$ line can be calculated by integrating $\frac{1}{2} a^2 cos(2\theta)$ between $\pi/4$ and $\pi/6$ (in polar coordinates, integration of $f(\theta)$ is performed by standard integration of $ (f(\theta))^2/2$). The indefinite integral is $\frac{1}{2} a^2 sen(\theta) cos(\theta)$, which calculated over the above mentioned interval yields $\pi^2 (4-2\sqrt{3}/16)$.
Thus the area of R2 is:
$\pi^2 (\sqrt{3}-1)/16 - \pi^2 (4-2\sqrt{3})/16)=\pi^2 (3\sqrt{3} - 5)/16$.
Summing R1 and R2 we get:
$\pi^2/16 + \pi^2 (3\sqrt{3} - 5)/16=\pi^2 (3\sqrt{3} - 4)/16$.
Clearly we could also have obtained the same result more directly as the difference between the area of the triangle delimitated by the $\pi/6$ line, the y-axis and L, and that of the portion of C above the $\pi/6$ line.