Digitalism said:
sorry I wasn't doing int on the calulator I was using the integral function but I didn't know how to represent that here on the forums.
Also I did intend 25-9x^2-25y^2/9
Intended or not, it's incorrect.
Digitalism said:
Here is the problem:
Find the volume of the solid by using an iterated integration. Solid in the first octant, bounded by the surface
9z = 225 -9x^2-25y^2
So ##z = \frac{225 -9x^2-25y^2}{9}##.
What you wrote, and entered into the calculator, was
##z = 225 -9x^2-\frac{25y^2}{9}##.
The difference should be obvious.
When you have to write a fraction on a single line, and the numerator or denominator (or both) has two or more terms, you HAVE to put parentheses around it (them), like so:
(225 - 9x^2 - 25y^2)/9
Since the denominator consists of only one term, parentheses aren't needed for it.
Digitalism said:
//end question
My method:
setting z=0 and solving for y
25y^2=225-9x^2
y= +/-sqrt(9-9x^2/25)
Incorrect for two reasons.
1. The quantity inside the radical has the same problem as shown above.
2. Since the "cap" over the region is in the first octant, all coordinates are ≥ 0.
Written correctly, you should have y = sqrt((9 - 9x^2)/25). Notice that there are two pairs of parentheses - one pair for the sqrt function, and another pair inside for the numerator of the fraction.
Omitting the +/-, this is what you wrote:
$$y = \sqrt{9 - \frac{9x^2}{25}} $$
Digitalism said:
setting y = 0
x=+/-5
because the volume is bounded by the first octant the limits of integration should be 0<=x<=5 and 0<=y=sqrt(9-9x^2/25)
yes?
so z = 25-x^2-25y^2/9
or did I do that incorrectly?
edit:
I tried this with the function integral(integral(xy),y,0,x),x,0,5) just to try a different function and I am getting the same error
If this is exactly what you entered into the calculator, the main problem I see is that your parentheses aren't matched correctly. You have two left parens - ( - and three right parens - ).
The one in red should go away: integral(integral(xy)[/color],y,0,x),x,0,5)
Digitalism said:
note the integral function I am using on the TI-89 titanium is the 2nd option under F3 just to make sure we're using the same integral function. I saw that in the manual as well and I cannot explain the error.