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Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MAT 3110 - Engineering Mathematics II
Tutorial Sheet 8 - Triple Integrals in Spherical Coordinates September, 2023

1. Evaluate the following spherical coordinate integrals.

(a) (b)
Z π Z π Z 2 sin ϕ
ρ2 sin ϕ dρ dϕ dθ Z 2π Z π
4
Z 2
0 0 0 (ρ cos ϕ) ρ2 sin ϕ dρ dϕ dθ
0 0 0
(c) (d)
1−cos ϕ 3π
Z 2π Z π Z
2
Z
2
Z π Z 1
2
ρ sin ϕ dρ dϕ dθ 5ρ3 sin3 ϕ dρ dϕ dθ
0 0 0 0 0 0
(e) (f)
π
Z 2π Z
3
Z 2
3ρ2 sin ϕ dρ dϕ dθ Z 2π Z π
4
Z sec ϕ
0 0 sec ϕ (ρ cos ϕ) ρ2 sin ϕ dρ dϕ dθ
0 0 0

2. Evaluate the following spherical coordinate integrals.

(a) (b)
Z 2Z 0 Z π Z π Z 2 csc ϕ Z 2π
2 3
dϕ dθ dρ ρ2 sin ϕ dr dθ dz
π π
0 −π 4 6
csc ϕ 0
(c) (d)
π π π
Z 1 Z π Z
4
Z
2
Z
2
Z 2
3
12ρ sin ϕ dϕ dθ dρ 5ρ4 sin3 ϕ dρ dθ dϕ
π
0 0 0 6
− π2 csc ϕ

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3. Let D be the region bounded below by the cone z = x2 + y 2 and above by the plane
z = 1. Set up the triple integrals in spherical coordinates that give the volume of D
using the following orders of integration.
(a) dρ dϕ dθ (b) dϕ dρ dθ

4. In each of the following, find the spherical coordinate limits for the integral that calcu-
lates the volume of the given solid and then evaluate the integral.
(a) The solid between the sphere ρ = cos ϕ and the hemisphere ρ = 2, z ≥ 0.
(b) p
The solid bounded below by the sphere rho = 2 cos ϕ and above by the cone z =
x2 + y 2 .
(c) The solid bounded below by the xy-plane, on the sides by the sphere rho = 2, and
above by the cone ϕ = π3 .

π
5. Let D be region in the first octant that is bounded below by the cone ϕ = 4
and above
by the sphere ρ = 3. Express the volume of D as an triple integral in

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(a) cylindrical coordinates

(b) spherical coordinates
Find the volume of the region D.
In the following problems, decide which coordinates systems is
appropriate to use to find the volumes of the the following solids.
π 2π
6. The solid that is between the sphere rho = 2 and the cones ϕ = 3
and ϕ = 3
.

7. The solid that is between the sphere rho = 3 and the half planes θ = 0 and θ = π6 .

8. The solid that is the smaller region of the regions bounded by the sphere ρ = 2 and the
plane z = 1.

9. The solid bound below by the plane z = 0, laterally by the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1, and
above by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 .

10. The solid bounded below by the paraboloid z = x2 +y 2 , laterally by the cylinder x2 +y 2 =
1, and above by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 + 1.

2 2 2 2
11. The solid that is bounded
platerally by cylinders x + y = 1 and x + y p= 2, bounded
below by the cone z = − x + y , and bounded above by the cone z = x2 + y 2 .
2 2

12. The solid that lies inside the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2 and outside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1.

13. The solid enclosed by the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4 and the planes z = 0 and x + y + z = 4.

14. The solid that is bounded above by the paraboloid z = 5 − x2 − y 2 , and below by the
paraboloid z = 4x2 + 4y 2 .

15. The solid that is bounded above by the paraboloid z = 9−x2 −y 2 , below by the xy-plane,
and lying outside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1.

16. The solid that is inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 and inside the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4.

17. The solide bounded above by the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2 and below by the paraboloid
z = x2 + y 2 .

End of Tutorial Sheet