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Homework Statement
Find the area of that portion of a cylinder x^2+y^2=1 lying above the xy-plane and below the plane z=3y.
Homework Equations
dr=sqrt(1+fx2+fy2[/SUB])dxdy
or
dr=|ru x rv| dudv
The Attempt at a Solution
I attempted to parametrize the function in terms of theta (t) and z. I got r(t,z)=icost+jsint+kz. Then, I found the partials with respect to t and z and got: rt=-sinti+costj and rz=z, where t=0 to 2pi and z=0 to 3y=3sint.
I took the cross product of the two partials to get icost+jsint+0k. I used the cross product to find |rt x rz|=1. Then, plugging this into the second equation above, I got the answer to be 0, which is incorrect. What am I doing wrong?? Thanks for your help!