How to Find the Volume of a Region Enclosed by \(\rho = 2 \sin\theta\)?

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To find the volume of the region enclosed by the surface \(\rho = 2 \sin\theta\) in spherical coordinates, the integral setup is crucial. The correct limits for the integral are \(\int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int_{0}^{2\sin\phi}\;\rho^2\;\sin\theta\;d\rho\;d\phi\;d\theta\). There was initial confusion regarding the upper limit of the first integral, which was mistakenly noted as \(2\sin\theta\) instead of \(2\sin\phi\). The resulting graph resembles a donut shape without a hole at the origin. Properly setting up the integral is essential for accurately calculating the volume.
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Here is the problem:

Find the volume of the region enclosed by the spherical coordinate surface \rho = 2 \sin\theta, using spherical coodinates for the limits of the integral.

Here is what I have:

I don't know if this is right, but here it is \int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int_{0}^{2\sin\theta}\;\rho^2\;\sin\theta\;d\rho\;d\phi\;d\theta
 
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It looks okay.Did u plot it?Heh,u we use r,\varphi,\vartheta as the spherical coordinates...:wink:

Daniel.
 
Whoops!

I posted the wrong thing. Instead of 2\sin\theta for the first integrals upper limit, it should be 2\sin\phi?

\int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int_{0}^{2\sin\phi}\;\rho^2\;\sin\theta\;d\rho\;d\phi\;d\theta

So confusing!

Is that wrong now?

The graph looks like a donut without the hole centered at the origin. I will post it shortly.
 
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