Triple Integral Problem in Cylindrical Coordinates

samedi 29 mars 2014

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data



Use cylindrical coordinates to find the volume of the solid that the cylinder

r = 3cos/theta cuts out of the sphere of radius 3 centered at the origin.





2. Relevant equations



Why do we evaluate theta from 0 to pi instead of from 0 to 2pi? Don't we want to go all the way around the circle?



3. The attempt at a solution



x[itex]^{2}[/itex] + y[itex]^{2}[/itex] + z[itex]^{2}[/itex] = 9



so z = [itex]\sqrt{9 - x^2 + y^2}[/itex]



z = [itex]\sqrt{9 - r^2}[/itex]



2[itex]\int^{2pi}_{0}\int^{3cos(Θ)}_{0}\int^{sqrt(9 - r^2)}_{0}rdzdrdΘ[/itex]



Instead of integrating from the bottom on the sphere to the top, I did from the x-y plane to the top and multiplied by two to take advantage of symmetry.



[itex]\int^{2pi}_{0}\int^{3cos(Θ)}_{0}2rsqrt(9 - r^2)drdΘ[/itex]



[itex]\int^{2pi}_{0}-(\frac{2}{3})(9 - r^2)^{3/2}|^{3cos(Θ)}_{0}dΘ[/itex]



[itex]\int^{2pi}_{0}-(\frac{2}{3})(9 - 9cos^{2})^{3/2} - \frac{-2}{3}9^{3/2}dΘ[/itex]



The integral goes on and eventually reduces to...



18Θ + 18cosΘ + [itex]\frac{1}{3}[/itex]cos[itex]^{3}[/itex]Θ|[itex]^{2pi}_{0}[/itex]



This gives a value of 113, which is double the correct answer. I'm assuming this is because I was suppose to integrate from 0 to pi instead of from 0 to 2pi, but I don't know why. Aren't we suppose to go around the whole circle with this thing?





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