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Homework Statement
Find the Volume of the solid that the cylinder ##r = acos\theta## cuts out of the sphere of radius a centered at the origin.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I have defined the polar region as follows,
$$D = \{ (r,\theta) | -\pi/2 ≤ \theta ≤ \pi/2 , 0 ≤ r ≤acos\theta \} $$
I will take f(x,y) as follows,
$$ f(x,y) = \sqrt{a^2 - x^2 - y^2} $$
Because of symmetry, I should be able to take the removed volume as double the double integral of f(x,y) over the region D.
$$ V = 2 *\int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2} \int_{0}^{acos\theta} r\sqrt{a^2 - r^2} \mathrm{d} r \mathrm{d} \theta $$
After solving this double integral, I keep ariving at ## {2\pi a^3}/3 ## Which I don't think makes sense because that would be half the volume of the sphere. What am I doing wrong?
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