Finding the Volume of Two Solids: A Cylindrical Approach

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Hello I need help for this problem, it has been 4 hours trying to do it

Homework Statement



Find the volume of the region of space above the xy-plane, inside the cone z=7−[tex]\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}[/tex] and inside the cylinder x[tex]^{2}[/tex]+y[tex]^{2}[/tex]=4x.

Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution



I tried to switch to cylindrical coordinates and I got

0[tex]\leq[/tex][tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\leq[/tex]2[tex]\pi[/tex]
0[tex]\leq[/tex]r[tex]\leq[/tex]4cos([tex]\theta[/tex])
0[tex]\leq[/tex]z[tex]\leq[/tex]7-r

so,
V=[tex]\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^{4cos(\theta)}_{0}\int^{7-r}_{0}[/tex]rdzdrd[tex]\theta[/tex]
which doesn't work...

thanks in advance
 
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SammyS said:
I think you'll find that θ goes from -π/2 to π/2 .

How did you find these bounds?