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Solutions to Tutorial 11
MATH2061: Vector Calculus Intensive January Session 2024

1. Using spherical coordinates, write equations which describe the surface of the hemi-
sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1, z ≤ 0.
Solution: x = sin θ cos φ, y = sin θ sin φ, z = cos θ, for θ : π/2 → π and
φ : 0 → 2π.

2. Describe the surface S defined by:

x = 3 cos θ, y = 3 sin θ, z = t, for θ : −π/2 → π/2 and t : 0 → 1.
Solution: The surface is a half-cylinder, with radius 3, and height 1.

3. Draw a sketch of the surface S defined by:

x = 2 sin θ cos φ, y = 2 sin θ sin φ, z = 2 cos θ, for θ : 0 → π/2 and φ : −π/2 → π/2.
z
Solution: The surface is one quarter
of a sphere, radius 2.

y
2
x
ZZ
4. Evaluate xyz dS where S is the surface in question 2.
S

Solution:
ZZ Z π/2 Z 1
xyz dS = 3 cos θ × 3 sin θ × t × 3 dt dθ
S −π/2 0
π/2 1
t2
Z 
= 27 cos θ sin θ dθ
−π/2 2 0
Z π/2  
27 sin 2θ
= dθ
2 −π/2 2
 π/2
27 cos 2θ
= − = 0.
4 2 −π/2

ZZ
5. Evaluate dS where S is the surface in question 3.
2 +y 2 +z 2
xex
S

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 Solution: On S, x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 22 and dS = 22 sin θ dθ dφ, so we have
ZZ Z π/2 Z π/2
x2 +y 2 +z 2
xe dS = 2 sin θ cos φ × e4 × 4 sin θ dθ dφ
S −π/2 0
Z π/2 Z π/2
4
= 8e cos φ dφ sin2 θ dθ
−π/2 0
 π/2 
4
h 1 − cos 2θ
iπ/2 Z
= 8e sin φ dθ
−π/2 0 2
1  π/2
4 sin 2θ
= 8e (2) θ− = 4e4 π.
2 2 0

ZZ
6. If F = y i + y j + xyz k, evaluate
2
F · n dS where S is the curved surface
S
of the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4, 0 ≤ z ≤ 2, and n is the unit outward normal.
Solution:
z

2
n
y
2

The unit outward normal is

x i+y j x i+y j
n= p = .
x2 + y 2 2

and so
y2x + y2
F· n= .
2
Thus
y2x + y2
ZZ ZZ
F · n dS = dS .
S S 2
Using cylindrical co-ordinates,

x = 2 cos θ, y = 2 sin θ, z = t; 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2

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 we have dS = 2 dθ dt, and hence
ZZ 2
y x + y2
ZZ
F · n dS = dS
S S 2
Z 2π Z 2
(4 sin2 θ)(2 cos θ) + 4 sin2 θ
= 2 dt dθ
0 0 2
Z 2π
=8 (2 sin2 θ cos θ + sin2 θ) dθ
0
2π
sin3 θ + 12 θ − 14 sin 2θ
2 
=8 3
= 8π .
0

7. Find the flux of F = i + j upwards through the triangular region of the plane
x + 3y + 5z = 15 where x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 and z ≥ 0.
Solution: Let S be the triangular region of the plane
z
x + 3y + 5z = 15 where x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 and z ≥ 0.
Then S is the triangular plane region 3
with vertices at (0, 0, 15), (0, 5, 0) and (0, 0, 3). n
y
5

15
x
i + 3j + 5k
A unit normal to the plane x + 3y + 5z = 15 is n = √ , and so F · n =
35
4
√ . (Note that n is pointing upwards, since its k component is positive.)
35
Now, the region S projects onto a triangle
R in the xy-plane with vertices at
(0, 0), (15, 0) and (0, 5). y
The equation of S is z = 5 − 35 y − 15 x, 5
√
35
q q
so zx2 + zy2 + 1 = 25 + 25 + 1 =
1 9
. x
5 15
Hence
ZZ ZZ √
4 35
F · n dS = √ × dx dy
S R 35 5
4 4 1
= × the area of R = × × 15 × 5 = 30.
5 5 2
Z 2 Z x Z y
8. Evaluate the triple integral (6z + 1) dz dy dx.
0 −1 0

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 Solution:
Z 2 Z x Z y Z 2 Z x
(6z + 1) dz dy dx = (3y 2 + y) dy dx
0 −1 0 0 −1
Z 2 x
3 y2
= y + dx
0 2 y=−1
Z 2
x2 1

3
= x + + dx
0 2 2
 4 2
x x3 x 19
= + + = .
4 6 2 0 3

9. Find the mass of the solid bounded by the surface z = 9−x2 −y 2 and the xy-plane,
if the density of the solid at the point (x, y, z) is (1 + x2 + y 2 ).
Solution: Let R be the disc {(x, y) ∈ R2 | x2 + y 2 ≤ 9}.
Then the solid is described by: (x, y) ∈ R, 0 ≤ z ≤ (9 − x2 − y 2 ).
z
9
ZZ Z 9−x2 −y 2
Mass = (1 + x2 + y 2 ) dV
R 0
ZZ y
= (1 + x2 + y 2 )(9 − x2 − y 2 ) dA 3
R
x
Z 2π Z 3
= (1 + r2 )(9 − r2 ) r dr dθ (using polar co-ordinates)
0 0
Z 2π Z 3
= (9r + 8r3 − r5 ) dr dθ = 162π .
0 0

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10. Calculate the flux of F = xye2z i+yze2x j+zxe2z k across the interior of the square
with vertices (0, 1, 0), (1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 1) and (0, 1, 1).
Solution: Z Z
The flux is F · n dS, where S is the interior of a square in the plane y = 1. S
S
is that part of the plane y = 1 where 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ z ≤ 1. A unit normal to
S is j.
So F · n = (xye2z i + yze2x j + zxe2z k) · j = yze2x = ze2x on S, and dS = dx dz.
ZZ Z 1Z 1
Therefore F · n dS = ze2x dx dz
S 0 0
Z 1 2x  2x 1
e e
= dx = = 14 (e2 − 1).
0 2 2 0
(Note that we have found the flux across the surface in the direction of the positive
y-axis.)
Z 2 Z 4−2x Z 8−4x−2y
11. Evaluate 45x2 y dz dy dx.
0 0 0

Solution:
Z 2 nZ 4−2x Z 8−4x−2y  o
45x2 y dz dy dx
0
Z 02 h Z 0
4−2x i
= 45 x2 y(8 − 4x − 2y) dy dx
Z0 2 0
2 4−2x
4x2 y 2 − 2x3 y 2 − x2 y 3
 
= 45 dx
0 3 0
Z 2
1 2
= 45 x (4 − 2x)3 dx = 128.
0 3

12. Using a triple integral, find the volume of the region V above the xy-plane bounded
by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 and the cylinder x2 + y 2 = a2 .
Solution: The following diagram shows
Z only the first octant of the region:

z = x2 + y 2 a Y
V
x 2 + y 2 = a2
a
X
Using the Zcylindrical
ZZ coordinates x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ, z = z, the required
volume is r dr dθ dz, where V 0 is the region described by 0 ≤ z ≤ r2 , 0 ≤
V0
r ≤ a, 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.

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Note that the equations z = x2 + y 2 and x2 + y 2 = a2 become z = r2 and r = a
respectively.
Z 2π nZ a hZ r2 i o
Hence, the volume = r dz dr dθ
Z0 2π h Z 0a 0
i
= r3 dr dθ
0 0
a4
= 2π
4
4
πa
= .
2