Evaluating 3D Integral in Rectangular Coordinates

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Problem: Evaluate (leave in rectangular coordinates):
<br /> <br /> \int_{-1}^{{1}}}\int_{-{\sqrt{1-x^2}}}^{{\sqrt{1-x^2}}}\int_{-{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}}^{{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}}\ \,dz\,dy\,dx<br />
 
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Well, start slow. Can you evaluate this integral?
<br /> \int_{-{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}}^{{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}}\ \,dz<br />
 
<br /> <br /> 2\int_{-1}^{{1}}}\int_{-{\sqrt{1-x^2}}}^{{\sqrt{1-x^2}}}\2{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}}\,dy\,dx<br />

Supposedly it's easier to make a subtitution u = 1-x^2 at this point but I don't see how...
 
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There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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