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How would you go about solving this?
 

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It's a triple integral (a volume, for example). You need two more sets of integration limits. Since one of the integration variables doesn't appear in the integrand you can integrate it directly - it would most likely end up as a factor of 2pi. Looking at the remaining parts, you can integrate each separately, taking into account the integration limits.
 
c∫d α∫β 1∫2 ρ^2 sin∅ dρd∅dθ

= c∫d α∫β [(ρ^3)/3 sin∅] [1,2] d∅dθ
= c∫d α∫β 7/3 sin∅ d∅dθ
= c∫d [-7/3 cos∅] [α,β] dθ
= c∫d [-7/3 cosβ] - [-7/3 cosα] dθ
= c∫d 7/3 (cosα - cosβ) dθ
= [(7θ)/3 (cosα - cosβ)] [c,d]
= [(7d)/3 (cosα - cosβ)] - [(7c)/3 (cosα - cosβ)]
= (1/3)(7d-7c)(cosα - cosβ)

This is the general solution where α≤∅≤β and c≤∅≤d
 
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That's easy then! Since the limits of integration are all constants and the integrand is just a product of functions of the separate variables, that is just
[tex]\left(\int_1^2 \rho^2 d\rho\right)\left(\int_{\pi/2}^\pi \sin(\phi) d\phi\right)\left(\int_0^2 d\theta\right)[/tex]

Though I must say the limits of integration on that last, [itex]d\phi[/itex], integral look suspicious to me! It's not impossble- but "0 to 2 radians" seems peculiar. "0 to [itex]2\pi[/itex]" would see much more reasonable. That would be integrating over a hemi-spherical "cup", below the xy-plane with thickness from 1 to 2.
 
Why is that weird?
 
TysonM8 said:
c∫d α∫β 1∫2 ρ^2 sin∅ dρd∅dθ

= c∫d α∫β [(ρ^3)/3 sin∅] [1,2] d∅dθ
= c∫d α∫β 7/3 sin∅ d∅dθ
= c∫d [-7/3 cos∅] [α,β] dθ
= c∫d [-7/3 cosβ] - [-7/3 cosα] dθ
= c∫d 7/3 (cosα - cosβ) dθ
= [(7θ)/3 (cosα - cosβ)] [c,d]
= [(7d)/3 (cosα - cosβ)] - [(7c)/3 (cosα - cosβ)]
= (1/3)(7d-7c)(cosα - cosβ)

This is the general solution where α≤∅≤β and c≤∅≤d

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Superposed_Cat said:
Why is that weird?

You're integrating using spherical coordinates. ##\theta## is an angle and it seems weird that it goes from ##0## to ##2## radians.