Volume of Bounded Region: Solving Limits for Multiple Integration

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I'm having problems finding the limits for the follwing integration, can anyone help?

Find the volume bounded by x+2z=4 and 2y+z=2 with x,y and z>=0
 
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I think the following limits apply but can't find the upper one for z, or in which order they should go.

x: 0 -> 4-2z
y: 0 -> 1-0.5z
z: 0 -> ?
 
Office_Shredder said:
It seems like if you pick any z>=0, you can find x,y that satisfy the boundary condiitions. Hence, z should be between 0 and [tex]\infty[/tex]

There are five boundary conditions:
  1. x+2z<=4
  2. 2y+z<=2
  3. x>=0
  4. y>=0
  5. z>=0

Picking a value for z beyond some finite limit will not work.
 
So z <= 2!

Thank you so much.
 
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