Surface integral - question about "restrictions"

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source: https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/SurfaceIntegrals.aspx

I am not sure why the question had to say "in front of the yz-plane". If I understand correctly, that means x >= 0. However, isn't this restriction already accounted for by saying "in the first octant" which means x, y, z are all >= 0?
 
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I agree that the problem statement is redundant.
There’s no need to say “in front of the yz-plane” if it already says “in the first octant”.
 
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