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kostoglotov
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Homework Statement
I want to know if I got the answer correct and if my reasoning is sound. The text answers and solutions manual only gives answers/solutions for odd numbered problems.
Here is the problem:
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Homework Equations
[tex]A(S) = \int \int_D \left|\vec{r}_u\times\vec{r}_v\right|dA[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
Instead of trying to come up with a parametric vector equation for the entire surface, I started subdividing the surface as much as possible using symmetry. I got it down to one sixteenth of the whole surface. Basically, just consider the surface in the first octant, and then divide that in two again along the line y = x.
By doing that I get the following:
[tex]A(S) = 16 \times \int\int_D\left|\vec{r}_x\times\vec{r}_y\right|dA[/tex]
where [itex]\vec{r} = \left< x,y,\sqrt{1-x^2}\right>[/itex] and [itex]D = \{(x,y)|0\leq x \leq 1, 0 \leq y \leq x\}[/itex]
so
[itex]\vec{r}_x = \langle 1,0,\frac{-x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} \rangle[/itex] and [itex]\vec{r}_y = \langle 0,1,0 \rangle[/itex]
[tex]\vec{r}_x \times \vec{r}_y = \langle \frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}},0,1 \rangle[/tex]
[tex]\left| \vec{r}_x \times \vec{r}_y \right| = \sqrt{1+\frac{x^2}{1-x^2}} = \frac{1}{1-x^2}[/tex]
Now
[tex]A(S) = 16 \times \int_0^1\int_0^x \frac{1}{1-x^2} dydx[/tex]
[tex]A(S) = 16 \times \int_0^1 \frac{x}{1-x^2} dx = -16 \times\left[\sqrt{1-x^2}\right]_0^1 = 16[/tex]