My goal is to set up the triple integral that will solve for the volume inside the sphere x^2+y^2+z^2=2z and above the paraboloid x^2+y^2=z using cylindrical coordinates.

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2022-11-17

Finding the bounds to solve for the volume using cylindrical coordinates
My goal is to set up the triple integral that will solve for the volume inside the sphere x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2 z and above the paraboloid x 2 + y 2 = z using cylindrical coordinates.
Upon solving, I know that the intersection of the sphere and the paraboloid is r = 1 and the bounds for θ is 0 θ 2 π.
However, I am uncertain for the bounds of the z variable. I solve for the value of z in converted equation of the sphere r 2 + z 2 = 2 z. By quadratic formula, I got the value of z = 2 ± 4 4 r 2 2 .
Should I only include z = 1 2 ( 2 + 4 4 r 2 ) as one of the bounds in the z variable? Or there will be a split integral? My yielding triple integral in this case if I only include z = 1 2 ( 2 + 4 4 r 2 ) would be 0 2 π 0 1 r 2 1 2 ( 2 + 4 4 r 2 ) r d z d r d θ

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kliersel12g

kliersel12g

Beginner2022-11-18Added 13 answers

Step 1
Yes you are correct. Paraboloid z = x 2 + y 2 = r 2 and Sphere r 2 + z 2 = 2 z.
To find z at intersection, plug in r 2 = z from equation of paraboloid into the equation of sphere. We get z 2 z = 0 z = 0 , 1. So at intersection above origin, z = 1. We also find that at intersection r = 1 which is the radius of the sphere too.
Now as you mentioned, from the equation of the sphere, r 2 + ( z 1 ) 2 = 1 z = 1 ± 1 r 2
Step 2
As the sphere is centered at (0,0,1), for any 0 r < 1, there are two z values on sphere - one below z = 1   , ( z = 1 1 r 2 ) and one above z = 1   , ( z = 1 + 1 r 2 ). The intersection of paraboloid and sphere is also at z = 1, z is bound below by paraboloid and above by sphere for 0 r 1. So the point that you should take on sphere as upper bound is z = 1 + 1 r 2 . Hence it should be, 0 2 π 0 1 r 2 1 + 1 r 2 r   d z   d r   d θ .

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