National Institute of Technology Calicut
Department of Mathematics
MA1011E - Mathematics-I
Winter Semester 2024-2025 Tutorial - III
Topics: Evaluation of triple integral, cylindrical and spherical coordinates,
Definition and Equations Relating Spherical Coordinates to Cartesian and
Cylindrical Coordinates, applications: mass of a lamina, centre of gravity
and centroid, Mass and first moment, Moments of inertia
1. Perform the integration by transforming the ellipsoidal region of integration into a
spherical region of integration and then evaluating the transformed integral in spherical
coordinates.
RRR 2
(a) x dV , where G is the region enclosed by the ellipsoid 9x2 + 4y 2 + z 2 = 36.
G
RRR x2 y 2 z 2
(b) (y 2 + z 2 ) dV , where G is the region enclosed by the ellipsoid + 2 + 2 = 1.
G a2 b c
RRR
2. (a) Use the transformation u = x, v = z − y, w = xy to find G
(z − y)2 xy dV , where
G is the region enclosed by the surfaces x = 1, x = 3, z = y, z = y + 1, xy = 2, xy = 4.
(b) Use the transformation u = xy, v = yz, w = xz to find the volume of the region in the
first octant that is enclosed by the hyperbolic cylinders xy = 1, xy = 2, yz = 1, yz =
3, xz = 1, xz = 4.
3. Evaluate the following triple integrals:
RRR
(a) xy sin(yz) dV , where G is the rectangular box defined by the inequalities 0 ≤ x ≤ π,
G
0 ≤ y ≤ 1, 0 ≤ z ≤ π/6.
RRR
(b) xyz dV , where G is the solid in the first octant that is bounded by the parabolic
G
cylinder z = 2 − x2 and the planes z = 0, y = x, and y = 0.
4. Use a triple integral to find the volume of the solid.
(a) The solid in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes and the plane 3x + 6y +
4z = 12.
(b) The wedge in the first octant that is cut from the solid cylinder y 2 + z 2 ≤ 1 by the
planes y = x and x = 0.
5. Use cylindrical coordinates to find the volume of the following solids.
(a) The solid enclosed by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 and the plane z = 9.
(b) The solid enclosed between the cone z = (hr)/a and the plane z = h.
6. Use spherical coordinates to find the volume of the following solids.
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(a) The solid bounded above by the sphere ρ = 4 and below by the cone ϕ = π/3.
p
(b) The solid within the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 9, outside the cone z = x2 + y 2 , and above
the xy-plane.
octant bounded by the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 and the
7. Let G be the solid in the firstRRR
coordinate planes. Evaluate xyz dV by using both rectangular coordinates and
G
cylindrical coordinates.
Z 1 Z 4−a−x2 Z 4−x2 −y
4
8. (a) Solve for a: dzdydx =
0 0 a 15
(b) For what value of c is the volume of the ellipsoid x2 + (y/2)2 + (z/c)2 = 1 equal to 8π?
RRR
(c) What domain D in the space minimizes the value of the integral (4x2 + 4y 2 + z 2 −
D RRR
4) dV ? What domain D in the space maximizes the value of the integral D
(1 − x2 −
2 2
y − z ) dV ? Give a reason for your answer.
9. For the following find the mass and center of gravity of the lamina.
(a) A lamina with density δ(x, y) = xy is in the first quadrant and is bounded by the circle
x2 + y 2 = a2 and the coordinate axes.
(b) A lamina with density δ(x, y) = x2 + y 2 is bounded by the x-axis and the upper half of
the circle x2 + y 2 = 1
10. Find the centroid of the following regions.
(a) The region enclosed by the cardioid r = a(1+sin θ). x2 +y 2 = a2 and x2 +y 2 = b2 (a < b).
(b) The region enclosed between the y-axis and the right half of the circle x2 + y 2 = a2 .
11. (a) Find the mass of a thin wire shaped in the form of the curve x = et cos t, y = et sin t (0 ≤
t ≤ 1) if the density function δ is proportional to the distance from the origin.
(b) Find the mass of a thin wire shaped in the form of the helix x = 3 cos t, y = 3 sin t, z =
kx
4t (0 ≤ t ≤ π/2) if the density function is δ = ; (k > 0).
(1 + y 2 )
12. Find the mass and center of gravity of the solid.
(a) The solid that has density δ(x, y, z) = yz and is enclosed by z = 1 − y 2 (for y ≥ 0), z =
0, y = 0, x = −1, and x = 1.
(b) The solid that has density δ(x, y, z) = xz and is enclosed by y = 9 − x2 (for x ≥ 0), x =
0, y = 0, z = 0, and z = 1.
13. (a) Find the moments of inertia about the coordinate axes of a thin rectangular plate of
constant density δ bounded by the lines x = 3 and y = 3 in the first quadrant.
(b) Find the moment of inertia about the x axes of a thin plate bounded by the parabola
x = y − y 2 and the line x + y = 0 if δ(x, y) = x + y + 1 .
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