Calculating Surface Integrals Using the Divergence Theorem

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Homework Statement


Evaluate the double integral over M (F [tex]\circ[/tex] dS) where M is the surface of the sphere of radius 3 centered around the origin. (Sorry! I couldn't figure out how to use math symbols!)


Homework Equations


double integral(F[tex]\bullet[/tex]dS)=triple integral ([tex]\nabla[/tex][tex]\bullet[/tex] F)dV due to the divergence thm.


The Attempt at a Solution


I used the divergence theorem and got triple int(3y^2+3x^2+3z^2) dx dy dz with the limits z=-3 to 3, y=-[tex]\sqrt{}3-z^2[/tex] to [tex]\sqrt{}3-z^2[/tex] , x=-[tex]\sqrt{}3-y^2-z^2[/tex] to [tex]\sqrt{}3-y^2-z^2[/tex] . I plugged this into wolfram alpha but the answer i get isn't the right answer...

THanks in advance for the help!
 
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Greetings! Did you try using spherical coordinates? This will make the computation much easier, as well as make any mistakes easy to identify.