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Triple integral in cylindrical coordinates?
Hi.
I think I am supposed to find the area here.
f(x,y,z) = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 and W (region) has radius between 0 and 4, θ is between π/4 and 3π/4 and z is from -1 to 1.
Please show work, I have the solution but don´t know how to get it.
Thank you!
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Let x = rcos(t)
Let y = rsin(t)
Let z = h
The Jacobian for cylindrical coordinates is r
The bounds of integration are:
0<= r <= 4 (representiing distance from the z axis)
pi/4 <= t <= 3pi/4 (representing the angle about the z axis)
-1 <= h <= 1 (representing the height along the z axis)
Now, x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = r^2(cos^2(t) + sin^2(t)) + h^2
= r^2 + h^2
So, after multiplying by the Jacobian r, the integrand becomes
r^3 + r*h^2.
Integrate with respect to r first, obtaining
r^4/4 + r^2*h^2/2 from 0 to 4...so this is
64 + 8*h^2
Integrate this with respect to h, obtaining
64h + 8/3*h^3 from -1 to 1...so this is
128 + 16/3 = 400/3
Integrate this with respect to t, which is simply multiplication by
(3pi/4 - pi/4) = pi/2
So the final answer is 200*pi/3
- 1 decade ago
It's a pain to type this out in plain text, but I hope you can get it:
Integrate (region w) x^2 + y^2 + z^2 dV
Convert to polar coordinates.
Substitute x = r cos θ
Substitute y = r sin θ
Limits:
0 ≤ r ≤ 4
pi/4 ≤ θ ≤ 3pi/4
-1 ≤ z ≤ 1
I'm going to short hand INT for integrate symbol here:
INT 0:4 INT pi/4:3pi/4 INT -1:1 ((rcosθ)^2 + (rsinθ)^2 + z^2) r dz dθ dr
INT 0:4 INT pi/4:3pi/4 INT -1:1 r^3cos^2θ + r^3sin^2θ + rz^2 dz dθ dr
The rest should be fairly straightforward. Don't forget that when you convert to polar coordinates, dx dy dz becomes r dr dθ dz. That extra r is crucial!