Practice question · True or false
Green's theorem cannot be applied when the curve is traversed clockwise.
Hints
- What changes when you reverse orientation?
- A sign.
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False
Why
False. Reversing orientation simply flips the sign of the line integral, so a clockwise curve is handled by negating the result. The counterclockwise convention fixes which sign is which; it is a bookkeeping rule, not a restriction on when the theorem applies.
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