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How do you find the volume of this solid?

The solid bounded by the planes z=x, y=x, x+y=3, and z=0. Please show work.

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  • 6 years ago

    Volume = length * width * height

    If z= 0 and z = x then x = 0, and if y = x, then y = 0 as well. I guess this problem is not correctly written.

    I'll suppose that z = 0 is invisible, because if z = 0 then everything is 0 and there's no volume.

    z = x , y = x , x+y = 3

    y = x so x + x = 3

    2x = 3

    x = 3/2 = y = z

    Then the volumen would be just:

    V = 3/2 * 3/2 * 3/2

    V = 3.375

  • 6 years ago

    As I see it, you actually have two solids that are stuck together. The first solid starts at (0,0,0) and expands as a vertical square along the x axis with the side of the square enlarging equal to x as x gets larger, ending at x=1.5. The second solid is a wedge or axe like shape that starts as a square with sides equal to 1.5 and tapering to a sharp vertical edge at x=3.

    So the first solid can be calculated as the definite integral from 0 to 1.5 as ∫x²dx,

    and the second solid is the definite integral from 1.5 to 3.0 of ∫x(3-x)dx.

    I get 1.25 for the first volume and 8.25 for the second volume, so the total volume should be 9.5 cubic units. I hope that is correct.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Try to visualize the planes, solve for the intersection points.

    Integrate as needed.

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