Volume under a paraboloid and above a disk

cad2blender
Messages
6
Reaction score
0
Ok its a simple question really... say that I have to find the volume (using polar coordinates) of the solid under the paraboloid z=x^2+y^2 and above the disk x^2+y^2≤9. My approach would be to find the z value of where the cylinder and paraboloid intersect. Then find the volume of the paraboloid using the value of the plane where it intersects, then subtract it from the volume of the cylinder, this seems right to me. I'm getting z=18 for the point where the cylinder and paraboloid intercept, is this right? For some reason my gut is telling me that its 9 not 18. I simply plugged in the radius of the circle into the paraboloid formula
 
Physics news on Phys.org
After calculating this I got 40.5*pi, is this correct? is there a way that I can check this?
 
The only way to check it is to try and find another way to do it and see if you get the same thing. I did it using polar coordinates (which is pretty easy) and got 81*pi/2.
 
thanks I also got the same as you, I am prety sure we're both right. Thanks again
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
Back
Top