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cybermask
May26-09, 10:03 AM
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data


find Volume of the intersection of two cylinders by cylindrical co-ordinates


3. The attempt at a solution

IN the attached file I found it's 8(a^3)/3
It should be 16 not 8

cybermask
May27-09, 07:06 AM
I know that the mistake may be trivial but can anyone give me any comment!!!!!!!1

Dick
May27-09, 02:30 PM
Why do you think the upper limit of the dz integration is r*cos(theta)? Don't you have z=sqrt(a^2-y^2)=sqrt(a^2-r^2*sin(theta)^2)?

cybermask
May27-09, 02:46 PM
Why do you think the upper limit of the dz integration is r*cos(theta)? Don't you have z=sqrt(a^2-y^2)=sqrt(a^2-r^2*sin(theta)^2)?

But in the first octent
x^2 + y^2 = r^2
y^2 + z^2 = r^2

so z=x=rcos(theta)

Isn't it?

Dick
May27-09, 02:48 PM
That's only true along the curve where the two cylinders intersect. It's not true everywhere on the surface in the first octant.

cybermask
May27-09, 02:58 PM
That's only true along the curve where the two cylinders intersect. It's not true everywhere on the surface in the first octant.


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