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Let be the region bounded below by the cone and above by the sphere ( [link] ). Set up a triple integral in spherical coordinates and find the volume of the region using the following orders of integration:
Before we end this section, we present a couple of examples that can illustrate the conversion from rectangular coordinates to cylindrical coordinates and from rectangular coordinates to spherical coordinates.
Convert the following integral into cylindrical coordinates:
The ranges of the variables are
The first two inequalities describe the right half of a circle of radius Therefore, the ranges for and are
The limits of are hence
Convert the following integral into spherical coordinates:
The ranges of the variables are
The first two ranges of variables describe a quarter disk in the first quadrant of the -plane. Hence the range for is
The lower bound is the upper half of a cone and the upper bound is the upper half of a sphere. Therefore, we have which is
For the ranges of we need to find where the cone and the sphere intersect, so solve the equation
This gives
Putting this together, we obtain
Use rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates to set up triple integrals for finding the volume of the region inside the sphere but outside the cylinder
Rectangular:
Cylindrical:
Spherical:
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