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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!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    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!

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