Does the answer for part (c) really have to be 0?

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Here's my work typed in Microsoft Word:
http://i.imgur.com/jWPqBDh.png

I have trouble believing the answer is 0 for part c. All I did was use the curl of F from part a and dot it with dr which came out to be 0.
 
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Differentiate1 said:
Here's my work typed in Microsoft Word:
http://i.imgur.com/jWPqBDh.png

I have trouble believing the answer is 0 for part c. All I did was use the curl of F from part a and dot it with dr which came out to be 0.
I suspect that in part (c), you are expected to actually carry out the line integration around the closed path C , rather than using the theorem (Storke's Theorem).

(An image of you work follows.)
Handwritten-style typed worksheet: vector field F = y^2z^3 i + 2xy^3 j + 3xy^2z^2 k; part a curl determinant, part b potential function f(x,y,z) = xy^2z^3 + C, part c Stokes' theorem line for ellipse C in plane 2x+3y-z=0 on cylinder x^2+y^2=16.
 
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  • Handwritten-style typeset worked solution: vector field F = y^2 z^3 i + 2xy^3 j + 3xy^2 z^2 k; part a curl F determinant; part b potential function f(x,y,z) = xy^2z^3 + C with f(2,1,-1) minus f(1,1,1); part c Stokes' theorem line for ellipse C.
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