The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MAT 3110 - Engineering Mathematics II

Tutorial Sheet 6 - Triple Integrals in Cartesian Coordinates September, 2023

1. Write six different triple integrals for the volume of the rectangular solid in the first
octant bounded by the coordinate planes and the planes x = 1, y = 2, and z = 3.
Evaluate each of the six integrals to check if you get the same value.

2. Write six different triple integrals for the volume of the tetrahedron cut from the first
octant by the plane 6x + 3y + 2z = 6. Evaluate each of the six integrals to check if you
get the same value.

3. Write six different triple integrals for the volume of the region in the first octant enclosed
by the cylinder x2 + z 2 = 4 and the plane y = 3. Evaluate each of the six integrals to
check if you get the same value.

4. Let D be the region bounded by the paraboloids z = 8 − x2 − y 2 and x = x2 + y 2 . Write

six different triple integrals for the volume of D. Evaluate each of the six integrals to
check if you get the same value.

5. Let D be the region bounded by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 and the plane z = 2y. Write
six different triple integrals for the volume of D. Evaluate each of the six integrals to
check if you get the same value.

6. Evaluate the following integrals.

(a) Z 1Z 1Z 1 (b) √
Z 2 Z 3y Z 8−x2 −y 2
x2 + y 2 + z 2 dz dy dx


dz dx dy
0 0 0 0 0 x2 +3y 2
(c) Z eZ eZ (d)
e 1 3−3x 3−3x−y
1
Z Z Z
dx dy dz dz dx dy
1 1 1 xyz 0 0 0
(e) (f)
Z 1 Z π Z π Z 1 Z 1 Z 1
y sin z dx dy dz (x + y + z) dy dx dz
0 0 0 −1 −1 −1
(g) (h)
Z 3 Z √
9−x2 Z √
9−x2 Z 2 Z √4−y2 Z 2x+y
dz dy dx √ dz dx dy
0 0 0 0 − 4−y 2 0

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(i) (j)
Z 1 Z 2−x Z 2−x−y Z 1 Z 1−x2 Z 4−x2 −y
dz dy dx x dz dy dx
0 0 0 0 0 3
(k) (l)
Z π Z π Z π Z eZ eZ e
cos (x + y + z) dx dy dz ln z ln y ln x dz dy dx
0 0 0 1 1 1
(m) (n) √
π
Z Z ln sec z Z 2y Z 7 Z 2 Z 4−x2
4
x x
e dx dy dz dy dx dz
0 0 −∞ 0 0 0 z+1

7. Find the volume of the following solids using triple integrals.

(a) The solid that is bounded on top by y + z = 1, on the side by y = x2 and on the
bottom by z = 0.
(b) The solid that is bounded by the planes z = 0, y = −1, x = 1 and x = 0, bounded
by the surface z = y 2 .
(c) The solid between the cylinder z = y 2 and the xy-plane that is bounded by the
planes x = 0, x = 1, y = −1 and y = 1.
(d) The solid in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes and the planes
x + z = 1, y + 2z = 2.
(e) The solid in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes, the plane y + z = 2,
and the cylinder x = 4 − y 2 .
(f) The solid cut from the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 by the planes z = −y and z = 0.
(g) The tetrahedron in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes and the plane
x + y2 + z3 = 1.
(h) The solid in the first octant
bounded by the coordinate planes, the plane y = 1 − x,
and the surface z = cos πx 2
, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
(i) The solid that is inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 and inside the cylinder x2 + z 2 = 1.
(j) The solid in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes the surface z =
4 − x2 − y 2 .
(k) The solid in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes, the plane x + y = 4,
and the cylinder y 2 + 4z 2 = 16.
(l) The solid cut from the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4 by the plane z = 0 and the plane
x + z = 3.
(m) The solid between the planes x + y + 2z = 2 and 2x + 2y + z = 4 in the first octant.
(n) The solid bounded by the planes z = x, x + z = 8, z = y, y = 8, and z = 0.
(o) The solid cut from the solid elliptical cylinder x2 + 4y 2 ≤ 4 by the xy-plane and the
plane z = x + 2.
(p) The solid bounded in the back by the plane x = 0, on the front and sides by the
parabolic cylinder x = 1 − y 2 , on the top by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 , and on the
bottom by the xy-plane.
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8. Evaluate the following integrals.

(a) Z 4Z 1Z 2 (b)
1 1 1
4 cos (x2 )
Z Z Z
2
√ dx dy dz 12xzezy dy dx dz
0 0 2y 2 z 0 0 x2
(c) (d)
4−x2
Z 1 Z 1 Z ln 3 2x 2 2 x
πe sin (πy )
Z Z Z
2 sin (2z)
√
dx dy dz dy dz dx
0 3z 0 y2 0 0 0 4−z

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