Find the volume between a sphere of radius 5 and the cone z=-sqrt{x^2+y^2}.

snaketao0g

snaketao0g

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2022-10-28

Volume between a sphere and cone
I'm having some problems finding the volume between a sphere of radius 5 and the cone z = x 2 + y 2 .
The bounds I got for spherical coordinates are 0 to 2 π for θ, 3 π / 4 to π for ϕ, 0 to 5 for r, however I'm not sure if these are correct. My thought process is that if you let say x or y = 0 in the equation for a cone, you get an inverted modulus graph which is where I got the bounds for ϕ.
For cylindrical coordinates I got bounds of 0 to 2 π for θ, 0 to 5 for r and 0 to 25 r 2 for z and after evaluating the triple integral I got a volume of 125/3.
Could someone run me through their thought process and show me where I went wrong?

Answer & Explanation

Adalyn Pitts

Adalyn Pitts

Beginner2022-10-29Added 15 answers

Step 1
For spherical coordinates, your bounds look fine.
For cylindrical coordinates, though, you have 0 r 5; that is wrong. r ranges from 0 to the value that r takes along the circle of intersection of the cone and the sphere.
Step 2
I got 125 3 ( 2 2 ) π for the value of the integral.

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