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TheSodesa
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Homework Statement
Let ##T \subset R^3## be a set delimited by the coordinate planes and the surfaces ##y = \sqrt{x}## and ##z = 1-y## in the first octant.
Write the intgeral
[tex]
\iiint_T f(x,y,z)dV
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as iterated integrals in at least 3 different ways.
Homework Equations
[tex]
\iiint_T f(x,y,z)dV = \int_a^b \int_{y_1 (x)}^{y_2 (x)} \int_{z_1 (x,y)}^{z_2 (x,y)} f(x,y,z) dx dy dz
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The Attempt at a Solution
My interpretation of this problem is that they want me to "simply" find out the upper and lower bounds of integration for 3 different cases, since there is no specific function to integrate.
This is a bit difficult to explain, since I can't show you a picture of the volume because I can't seem to be able to draw the ##y = \sqrt{x}## correctly in Matlab using this code:
syms x y z
f(x,z) = sqrt(x);
g(x,y) = 1 - y;
hold on
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y')
zlabel('z')
axis equal
ezsurf(f,0:1);
ezsurf(g,0:1)
f(x,z) = sqrt(x);
g(x,y) = 1 - y;
hold on
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y')
zlabel('z')
axis equal
ezsurf(f,0:1);
ezsurf(g,0:1)
Anyways, I'm having trouble seeing what the upper bounds are for the innermost iteration, whichever way I try and integrate this thing. For example, if I were to integrate first with respect to y, then x and finally z, I would write:
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\int_0^1 \int_{0}^{(-z+1)^2} \int_{0}^{?} f(x,y,z) dy dx dz
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Just looking at the horrible picture that I drew on paper (which kind of looks like a tetrahedron cut off by the ##\sqrt{x}##-surface) is not helping. Does anybody have any hints on where to start. My brain is telling me that ##?## should be a plane of some sort, but the fact that it's cut off by the ##\sqrt{x}## is really throwing me off.
EDIT: The shape is simple (as in x-, y- and z-simple) in all 3 dimensions, so I was able to print out the projections to the different coordinate planes:
y(x):
z(y)
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