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The authors discuss the acoustic scattering from a cylindrical object \(\Omega\) in a two-dimensional wave guide. For an exterior boundary value problem for the Helmholtz equation in \(\mathbb{R}^2\), the solution is usually obtained by employing the potential theory to convert the fundamental solution into a soution for a boundary value problem for an integral equation. However, this approach encounters difficulty in a wave guide problem due to the presence of an integral on the wave guide boundaries. The alternative is to use the Green's function in the wave guide region, and to express the scattering wave as a double layer potential. Hence the problem can be transformed into an integral equation of the second kind on the boundary. However, due to the weak singularity of the Green's function, numerical solution is tedious and complicated. This paper proposes another approach. By expressing the scattered wave as a single layer potential on a smooth surface \(\Gamma\) contained in \(\Omega\), the authors obtain an integral equation of the first kind which can be solved by using the Tikhonov regularization. Convergence of the solution can be established with some limitation on the surface \(\Gamma\). Because the kernel \(G(x,y)\) is smooth on \(\partial\Omega\), the numerical solution is straightforward. The method is also applicable to the exterior problem in an infinite plane (i.e., in \(\mathbb{R}^2)\). Numerical examples are presented which show that the computation results are accurate.