53 sections 202/204 Quiz 7 Solutions

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Problem 1 (10 pts). Evaluate the triple integral E
x dV , where E is bounded by the paraboloid
x = 4y 2 + 4z 2 and the plane x = 4.

Solution: We’ll integrate in the order dxdydz. The plane x = 4 cuts the paraboloid off in a “bowl”
shape, and so the yz bounds are the disc centered at the origin bounded by the circle of intersection of
the paraboloid and the plane x = 4, projected to the yz plane. This intersection is the circle
y 2 + z 2 = 1 (set x = 4 in the equation x = 4y 2 + 4z 2 ).
ZZZ ZZ Z 4
x dV = x dxdydz
E y 2 +z 2 =1 4y 2 +4z 2
ZZ
1
= (16 − 16(y 2 + z 2 )2 ) dydz
2
y +z =12 2
Z 2π Z 1
=8 (1 − r4 )r drdθ changing to polar for the yz plane
0
 0 
1 1
= 16π −
2 6
16π
=
3

The moral of this problem is that switching to cylindrical coordinates is a very natural thing to do,
and is the same thing as picking a convenient plane to be in polar. Also, be flexible about which plane
is the polar plane.

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Problem 2 (10 pts). Evaluate the integral by making an appropriate change of variables:
cos y−x
RR
R y+x
dA, where R is the trapezoidal region with vertices (1, 0), (2, 0), (0, 2), and (0, 1).

Solution: To make our integrand easier, it would be nice to set u = y − x, v = y + x. Hopefully our
region will also be simplified by this change of variables.

Our region is bounded by the parallel lines y + x = 1, y + x = 2, and the lines x = 0 and y = 0.
Setting v = y + x makes the bounds on v very simple: 1 ≤ v ≤ 2.

To express x = 0 in terms of u and v we can solve for x in terms of u and v, giving x = 12 (v − u). Then
x = 0 is precisely u = v. This is the upper bound on u, since u points up and left in the xy coordinate
system, and the y axis is the “upper left” bound on R. For the lower bound on u, we need to express
y = 0 in terms of u and v. Solving for y in terms of u and v gives y = 12 (u + v), so y = 0 is just u = −v.

Our integral becomes

  2 v ∂x ∂x
y−x
ZZ Z Z u
cos dA = cos ∂u ∂v dudv
∂y ∂y
R y+x 1 −v v ∂u ∂v
2Z v
− 21 1
Z u
= cos 2 dudv
1 1
1 −v v 2 2
Z 2
1 v u
= sin v dv
2 1 v −v

1 2
Z
= (sin(1) − sin(−1))v dv
2 1
Z 2
= sin 1 v dv
1
sin 1
= (4 − 1)
2
3 sin 1
=
2