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14.7 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical Coordinates

Homework: 1, 3, 5-8, 9, 15, 17, 21, 23, 29, 30

Cylindrical Coordinates

P(x, y, z) To convert from cylindrical to rectangular coordinates,

x  r cos  y  r sin  zz

To convert from rectangular to cylindrical coordinates,

r 2  x2  y2 tan   y
x
zz

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Ex: 1) Plot the point with cylindrical coordinates (2, 3
, 1)
and convert it to rectangular coordinates.

2) Convert rectangular coordinates (3, -3, 7) to

Cylindrical coordinates.

3) Find an equation in rectangular coordinates for the equation z = r.

4) Find an equation in cylindrical coordinates for the equation 4 x 2  4 y 2  z 2  1.

Conversions to cylindrical coordinates

2 g ( ) v ( r cos ,r sin  )
 f ( x, y, z ) dV    
Q
1 h ( ) u ( r cos ,r sin  )
f (r cos , r sin , z ) r dz dr d .

2 4  x2 2
Ex: Evaluate:  
2  4  x 2  x2  y 2
( x 2  y 2 ) dz dy dx .
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 ( x  xy2 ) dV , where E is the solid in the first octant that lies beneath the paraboloid
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Ex:
E

z = 1 x 2  y 2

14.8 Triple Integrals in Spherical Coordinates

Homework: 1, 3, 5 – 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 26, 30, 35, 41

Spherical Coordinates

P( , ,  )
P(x, y, z)

x   sin  cos ; y   sin  sin ; z   cos 

2  x 2  y 2  z 2

Ex 1: 1) Plot the spherical coordinates 2, 4 , 3  and convert to rectangular coordinates.

2) Convert rectangular coordinates ( 0, 2 3,  2 ) to spherical coordinates.

3) Find a rectangular equation for the equation   sin  sin  .

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4) Find an equation in spherical coordinates for the hyperboloid of two sheets with equation
x 2  y 2  z 2  1.

2 2 2
 f ( x, y, z) dV    
Q
1 1 1
f ( sin  cos ,  sin  sin ,  cos ) 2 sin  d d d .

 e
2
(x  y2  z2 ) 2
Ex 2: Evaluate dV, where Q = {(x, y, z) | x 2  y 2  z 2  1}.
Q

Ex: Evaluate the integral by changing to spherical coordinates:

a a2  y2 a2  x2  y 2
 
 a  a2  y 2 
 a2  x2  y 2
( x 2 z  y 2 z  z 3 ) dz dx dy
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Ex 3: Find the volume of the solid that lies above the cone z  x2  y2 and below the sphere
x2  y 2  z 2  z