Volume of a Solid Bounded by Planes

Click For Summary

Homework Help Overview

The problem involves finding the volume of a solid bounded by the planes x = 0, y = 0, z = 0, and x + y + z = 9, which falls under the subject area of calculus and solid geometry.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Mathematical reasoning, Assumption checking

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • The original poster attempts to set up a double integral based on a geometric interpretation of the solid's boundaries. Some participants question the correctness of the integration steps and arithmetic involved in the calculations.

Discussion Status

Participants have provided feedback on the setup of the limits of integration, indicating they appear correct. There is a focus on identifying potential integration or arithmetic errors in the original poster's calculations, with some participants offering their own results for comparison.

Contextual Notes

There is an indication of confusion regarding the integration process and the resulting arithmetic, with participants noting specific points of error without resolving the overall problem.

shards5
Messages
37
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement



Find the volume of the solid bounded by the planes x = 0, y = 0, z = 0, and x + y + z = 9.

Homework Equations



. . . ?

The Attempt at a Solution


After drawing out the picture with z=0 I have a line going from 0,9 to 9,0 bounded by the x and y-axis giving me a triangle.
Based on that I got the following domains.
0 <= x <= 9
0 <= y <= 9-x
Which I then use for the following double integral
[tex]\int^{9}_{0}\int^{9-x}_{0} 9 - x - y dy dx[/tex]
After the first integration I get.
9y-(y2)/2-x
After plugging in the limits and simplifying I get 81/2-x^2-x
After integrating the above I get: 81/2x-x3/3-x2/2
and plugging and chugging gives me 81 which is wrong. So . . . did I do my domain wrong or it is an integration mistake?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Your setup is correct. Without seeing your steps in a readable form it's hard to tell you where you went wrong.
 
Your limits of integration look OK. I suspect you made an integration error or arithmetic mistake.

[tex]\int^{9}_{0}\int^{9-x}_{0} 9 - x - y~dy~dx[/tex]

After integrating with respect to y, I get
[tex]\int_0^9 81/2 - 9x + x^2/2~dx[/tex]

I get a value of 243.
 
Mark44 said:
Your limits of integration look OK. I suspect you made an integration error or arithmetic mistake.

[tex]\int^{9}_{0}\int^{9-x}_{0} 9 - x - y~dy~dx[/tex]

After integrating with respect to y, I get
[tex]\int_0^9 81/2 - 9x + x^2/2~dx[/tex]

I get a value of 243.

Should get (1/6)*9*9*9 = 243/2.
 
Oops! I lost my denominator of 2 when I integrated x^2/2.
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Replies
4
Views
3K
Replies
2
Views
2K
  • · Replies 105 ·
4
Replies
105
Views
11K
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Replies
1
Views
2K
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
2K