How to Correctly Adjust Integration Bounds for a Complex Triple Integral?

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The discussion focuses on adjusting integration bounds for a complex triple integral involving the integrals I = [∫(0 to 1) ∫(0 to 2z) ∫(z to 1) dx dy dz] and [∫(0 to 1) ∫(2z to 1+z) ∫(y-z to 1) dx dy dz]. The user initially calculated an incorrect result of -7/6 and struggled with determining the correct bounds for the second part of the problem. The correct bounds for the first integral when changing the order to dy dx dz remain unchanged, while for the second integral, the bounds are adjusted to reflect the trapezoidal region formed by the lines y = x + z, x = 2z, and x = 1.

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I= [∫(0 to 1) ∫(0 to 2z) ∫(z to 1) dx dy dz] + [ ∫(0 to 1) ∫(2z to 1+z) ∫(y-z to 1) dx dy dz]

1) evaluate
2) use order dy dx dz, along with the new bounds

my attempt for 1) got me an answer of -7/6

for part 2) I'm having trouble getting the correct bounds. the bounds from my attempt are
D1 = {(x, y)|0 ≤ x ≤ 2z, z ≤ y ≤ 1}
D2 = {(x, y)|2z ≤ x ≤ 1+z, x+z ≤ y ≤ 1 }

i can do integration easily, and am nearly finished with this question, but its the bounds that are prohibiting me from progressing any further.

please any help would be good. i tried trying 2d graphs and so forth already...
 
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In the first integral, z ranges from 0 to 1; for each z, y ranges from 0 to 2z; for each (y,z), x ranges from z to 1.

Since your new "order", dydxdz, still has z as the "outer" integral, and the limits of integration for x and y depended only on z, there is no reason to change the limits at all:
\int_{z=0}^1\int_{x= z}^1\int_{y= 0}^{2z} dy dx dz

For the second integral, z ranges from 0 to 1 again, y ranges from 2z to 1+ z, and x ranges from y- z to 1. Since z is still the "outer" integral, this is really just swapping x and y and we can treat z as a constant. x= y- z is the same as y= x+ z which crosses the vertical lines y= 2z and y= z+ 1 at x= z and x= 1 respectively. That is, the middle, "x", integral will be from 1 to z. The three lines, y= x+ z, x=2z, and x= 1 form a trapezoid with base y= 0 and top y= x+ z. The integral is
\int_{z=0}^1\int_{x= 1}^z\int_{y= 0}^{x+ z} dy dx dz.
 

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