Applied Mathematics II Math 1102 ASTU

Adama Science And Technology University ( ASTU )

School Of Applied Natural Science, Applied Mathematics Department.
Applied Mathematics II (Math 1102) Solved Problems On Multiple Integrals.
1. Let be the region between the graphs of , the x-axis and the line . Show that is
simple. y
Solution
5

y  1  2x
x  2
1 y
R x 
2

x
1 2
, 0 

is a vertically simple region between the graphs of and for .

i) is a horizontally simple region between the graphs of and for .

ii) From i) and ii), we conclude that is simple.
2. Let be the plane region between the graphs of the equations and . Show that R is
y y  x 2
simple. x  y  2
2 x  y2
y   x
R

x
1 4
-1
Solution

i) is a horizontally simple region between the graphs of and for .

ii) is a vertically simple region between the graphs of √ and √ and
between and √ .
iii) From i) and ii), we conclude that is simple.
3. Evaluate each of the following iterated double integrals.
1 x 1
a) 
0 x
xy dy dx
Solution
1  y
 

2
x 1 x
 x  1  x 2 dx 
1 1
 xy dy dx    x dx  
x 1 2

 2 
0 x 0 x 0 2

 2 1  x 3
x  1
2
x
2 x  1 dx 7
1

1
  x  x  dx     0 
0 2 0
 2   3 4  12

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3 3 2
b)  1 0 9  x2
dx dy

3 3 2 3 1  x 3  3 2  3  0 
Solution   1 0 9  x2
dx dy   1
2 tan 1   0  dy 
3 3 
1 
3
tan 1    tan 1   dy
 3  3 


2
3   tan 1  tan 0dy
3

1
1 1

2
3 
1
3
 4  0dy 

6 1
3
dy 

3

 x x  1 e
xy
4. Evaluate dA if the triangular region bounded by the lines , and .
R

Solution
is a vertically simple region between the graphs Y
of and

2
y  2 x

x
0 2

2 x  
 x x  1 e dA  x  1 e
2 2
 
2 x
Thus, xy
x( x  1)e xy dy dx  xy
 dx
 
0 0 0
R 0

 x  1 e 
2 2
 1 2   x2 
 x  1 e
2 2 2
 2 x x2
 ( x  1) dx  2 x x2
dx   ( x  1) dx    e 2 x  x     x  = 0
0 0 0
 2 0  2 0

5. By reversing the order of integration, evaluate 

4 2

0 y
 
cos x 3 dx dy .

Solution:Note that it is impossible to evaluate the integral as it is. The plane region R is given as a
horizontally simple region between the graphs of √ and for .
Y
x  y
4  y  x2

R
R
x
0 x  2

As a vertically simple region, is a region between the graphs of and for .

 
  dx dy       
4 2 2 x2 x2


2
   cos x ( y )  dx
3 3 3
Thus , cos x cos x dy dx
0 y 0 0 0
 0 
2
  sin x 3   2
sin 8
  dx  
2 3
x cos x
0 3 0 3

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6. Find the volume of the solid region bounded by the paraboloid and the plane z = 4.

Solution The intersection of the paraboloid and the plane is the circle and this determines the
z
region . Y

y   4  x2
4
R
x

Y y   4  x2
R

x
and R is a vertically simple region between the graphs of √ and
√ for .
2  4 x 2 2  4 x 2
Volume V   f ( x, y ) dA   ( x 2  y 2 ) dy dx   ( x 2  y 2 ) dy dx
2  4 x 2 2  4 x 2
R

2  y 3   4 x 2 
   x 2 y    dx
2
 3   4 x 2 

2 

2

 1
   x 2 4  x 2  4  x 2
3
   
 
 1

4  x2   x2  4  x2  4  x2  4  x2
3
    dx
2 

2
 1
 2  x 2 4  x 2  4  x 2
 3
   2  4 2  
4  x 2  dx  2   x 2  4  x 2  dx
 2
 3 3  

Let (trigonometric substitution)

Also and
  4 2   
4 8 
 2 2   ( 4 sin 2  )  2 cos   2 cos  d  8 2  cos 2   sin 2  cos 2   d
2  3 3   2 3 3 
32 

 2 cos 2   2 sin 2  cos 2  d
3

32 

 2 cos 2   2 (1  cos 2  ) ( cos 2  ) d
3

2 2

 
32 
 2 3 cos 2   2 cos 4  d
3 2

32  3  sin 2   1 3 3  2
    
 
3
        8
8  
2 cos sin cos sin
3 2  2  4 8
2

7. Find the area of the plane region bounded by the graphs of and .

Solution

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y
is a vertically simple region between the graphs of
y  2 x y  2x

and for .
R 1 R2
is also a vertically simple region between the y  3  x2

graphs of and for 0 . x

-1 0 1

is also a vertically simple region between the graphs of and for 0 .

3  x2 3  x2
 1dA   1dA   1dA 
0 0
Area of is A 
R R1 R2
 
1  2 x
dy dx   1 2 x
dy dx

   
 3  x   (2 x)dx   3  x  (2 x) dx
3  x2 3  x2
  y  dx  y  dx 
0 1 0 1

2 2
1   0   1 0
 2 x
  2x


  x 
0 1 5 5 10
  2 x  3 dx   ( x 2  2 x  3) dx   
2
1 0 3 3 3
3 9 x 2 1
8.Change the integral   3 0
x2  y2
dy dx to an iterated integral in polar coordinates and evaluate it

Solution: is a vertically simple region between the graphs of and √ for

Y

y 9  x2
√
3

x
-3 3

In polar coordinates, is a region between the polar graphs of for

9 x 2 1  1  3
 
3 3
Thus,  
3 0
x2  y2
dy dx   
0 0 r
 r dr d 
0 0
dr d  3

9. Let be the region bounded by the circles and for

Evaluate  x 2  y dA .  y
R

 x    r cos    r sin   r dr d

2 2
 y dA 
2 2
Solution R
0 1
R 1
2 x

  r 
2 2
 2
cos   r sin  r dr d
2
0 1

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 r3  
  r 
2 2 2 r4 2
 cos   r sin  dr d     (cos  )
  (sin  )   d
3 2 2 2

 4 3 1
0 1 0

2  15 7  2 15  1  cos 2  7 
   cos   sin   d   4    sin   d
2
0
4 3  0
  2  3 
2 15  15  sin 2  2
7 2
15
 8 1  cos 2   3 sin   d  8   2 
7
  0
  0

3
cos 
0

4


10. Find the volume of the solid region bounded by the paraboloid and the plane
Solution :Note that we have solved this problem by using rectangular coordinates and we have seen how
tedious the calculation is.

is a region between the polar graphs of and for

1 4 
 x  2 2 2 2 2 2
V   f ( x, y) dA   y 2 dA    r 2  r dr d    r 3 dr d    r  d
2
4 
 0
0 0 0 0 0
R R
2

2
 4 d  4 0
 8
0

11. Find the area of the shaded region shown below.

Y

Solution
r
1
 
2

r  R


1
(  ) 3
Area or is A   1 dA 
R
 
0 0
2 r dr d 
8

12. Find the surface area of the portion of the sphere that lies inside the cylinder
z
.
Solution 1

y
R
x
2

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The surface is the sum of the surface and which are of equal surface areas. is the graph of the
function √ on where is the cylinder .
In polar coordinates, R is a region between the polar graphs of and
Y
for ⁄ ⁄ .

R
x x x
2, 0 4, 0

Thus, the surface area S of is given by S  2   fx x, y    fy x, y   1 dA

2 2

and
√ √

2 2
 x   y 
     1 dA
S 2   16  x 2  y 2   16  x 2  y 2 
R    

x2 y2 4
 2 
R 16  x 2  y 2

16  x 2  y 2
 1 dA  2 
R 16  x 2  y 2
dA

 8  



2
4 cos 1
r dr d  8 



2 

  16  r
2
 4 cos

 d
2
0
16  r 2 2  0 

 8 



2 

 16  r
2
 0

 d  8 



2  16  0 2  16  4 cos  2  d
 
2  4 cos  2

 8 



2

2
4  4 1  cos 2  d


  1  sin  1 d , since sin


  cos 2   1  32    1  sin   d   2  1  sin   d 
0
 32 
2 2

2  2 0


 0
 
 32    cos      cos     32   2
2

  0 
 2 

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13. Let be the plane region between the graphs of and . Find the moments of about
the x and the y axes. Also find the centroid of .
Y
Solution y  x2  x

1
x
0 R 2

y  x2

is a vertically simple region between the graphs of and for .

M x   y dA 
1

 
0
2
 x2

x x
2
y dy dx   0
1
2
 y2

 2
 x2 
 dx  1
 2 
1

0
2
 x  2 2

 x2  x 2
 dx
R  x2  x 

1
 x4 x3  1  1  1  1  1 
 2 x 
1 1 1 2
1 1 1  1
 2 3
x 2
dx                
2 0 2  2 3 0 2  2  16  3  8  16  4 3  192

 
 
 x2
 x2
 
1
 xy 
1 1
M y   x dA   dx 
  x dy dx    x  x 2  x 2  x dx
2 2 2
0 x2  x 0   0
R  x  x 
2

1
  x4 x3 
  x  dx    2 x 
1 1 2
1  1  11
 2 3
 x x 3 2 2 3
x 2
dx          
0 0
 2 3  0 2  16  3  8 
1  1 1  1
    
8  4 3  96

 
   x   x 
 x2

  2 x 
1  x2 1 1 1
A   dA  y  dx 
  dy dx    x dx   x dx
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 x x2
0   0 0
R  x2  x 

1
 x3 x2  2
 21 11 1
   2         
 3 2  0 3 8 24 24

Hence , ,

Therefore, the center of gravity of is at the point ( )

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14. Evaluate the iterated triple integral  0 0 x2  y2
xyz dz dy dx

1 1 2 1 1 
 ( xy ) z
2 2 
 dy dx   
x2  y2  
 
1 1
Solution :
0 0 x y
2 2
xyz dz dy dx 
0 0  2  
0 0
xy 2 
 2
 dy dx

 x2  y2 
1 1  x 3 y xy 3   2 x 3 y 2 xy 4  1 1  x3 x
 
1
  2 xy 


2 
 dy dx   
 xy     dx   x 

  dx
8
2  4 8  0 4
0 0 0 0

1 7 x3  3
  0
 x 
4 4
 dx 
8

2 y 3z z
15. Evaluate the iterated triple integral  0 0 0 x  z2
2
dx dz dy

 1  x  
tan  3   tan 0  dz dy
3z
z 2 y

2 y 3z 2 y
 
1 1
Solution : dx dz dy   tan    dz dy 
0 0 0 x  z2
2 0 0
 z 0  0 0

2 y    y
  2 2
 
2

0 0 3
dz dy 
3  0
z

 0
 dy 

 3 0
y dy 
3

16. Evaluate  y 1  x 2 dV where is the region shown in the following figure.
D z

x2  y2  1
x  y  z 1
2 2 2

D 1 Y

Solution
x

It is sometimes advantageous to interchange the roles of and .In this example, we interchange the role
of and . is a solid region between the graphs of √ and on , where is a
simple region between the graphs of √ and √ for .

1 1 x2 1 28
Therefore, 
D
y 1  x 2 dV   
1  1  x 2   1 x  z 2 2
y 1  x 2 dy dz dx 
45
(check !)

 e
y
17. Evaluate dV where is the solid region bounded by the planes
D

and .

Solution : is composed of two subregions and .

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is a solid region between the graphs of and on where is a plane region between the
graphs of and for , while is a solid region between the graphs of
and on , where is a plane region between the graphs of and for .
Y

y  x y  x

y 1
R1 R2

x
1 1

0 1 y 1 1 y
 e dV   e dV   e     e y dz dy dx   e y dz dy dx
y y y
Thus, dV
1  x 0 0 x 0
D D1 D2

 e  2  e  2  2e  4

18. Find the volume of the solid region bounded above by the circular paraboloid and
below by the plane and on the sides by the parabolic sheet and .

Solution : is a solid region between the graphs of and on , where is a

vertically simple plane region between the graphs of and for .
 
  4x 
 y 2   2 dy dx 
1 x 4 x2  y2 1 x
Thus, V   1 dV    dz dy dx  2
0 x 2
2 0 x2
D

  4x  
1 x 71
 2
2
 y 2  2 dy dx  (check!)
0 x 105

19. Express the triple integral as an iterated integral in cylindrical coordinates and evaluate it:  D
xz dV ,

where D is the portion of the ball that is the first octant.

z
Y
Solution
z   4  x2  y2

y  4  x2

R
D x
0 2
Y
R
x

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In polar coordinates, is the region between the polar graphs of and for . Thus, in

cylindrical coordinates, is the region between the graphs of and √ for in .

r 
 4r 2  4 r 2
r cos  z  r dz dr d
2
 
2
     cos  z dz dr d
2 2 2
Therefore, x z dV
0 0 0 0 0 0
D

4r 2

     
 z2 1  2 32
 
2
 2
r 2 cos  dr d  2
cos  4r 2  r 4 dr d  (check!)
0 0 2 0
2 0 0 15

20. Let D be the solid region in the first octant bounded by the sphere and the planes
√ and Evaluate  z dV .
D

Solution

We first determine the ranges of and .

Since D is a first octant region , . √ ( ) ( )

√ √

( )

Hence , Now ,since we have

    4 5
  
4
 z dV      cos   2 sin  d d d    sin  cos  d d d 
4 2 4 2 2
0 0 0 0
D 6 6

   2 7 2 4
  256   128
      sin  cos   d d     cos  sin  d d  
4 2 4 2
 (check!)
 7 0   7 63
0 0
6 6

21. Find the volume of the solid region bounded above by the sphere and below by the
upper nape of the cone . z

Solution : √
r

D 
S
Y
x
, ,

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2 


2
Volume V  Thus , V      2 sin  d d d
4
dV
0 0 0
D

   3     

  cos   d
2 2 2 2
8 8 4
     sin   d d    sin  d d  
4 4
 
 3   3 3
0 0 0 0 0
 
0 0


42 2  2 
82 2 

3  0
d 
3


22. Find the center of gravity of the solid region bounded above by the sphere and below
by the plane, is equal to the distance form to the z-axis.
z Y

Solution

D x  x, y , z 
R
3
x
Y
x R

is the solid region, in spherical coordinates given by

√ √ .

2 
 x, y, z  dV     sin   
3
Mass : m     x 2  y 2 dV  sin  d d d
2 2
0 0 0
D D

2  81 2  81 2 
 1  cos 2 
   
3
     3 sin 2  d d d  sin 2  d d    d d
2 2 2
0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0
 2 
2  2  sin 2  

 2 
0 0 1  cos 2  d d
81 81 2 81
        d   d
2

8 8 0
 2   8 0 2
 
0

81  81 2
   2  
8 2 8

We evaluate the three moments:

2 

 z  x, y, z  dV     cos    sin   

3
M xy   2 2
sin  d d d
0 0 0
D

2  243 2  243 2  sin 3   

2 
  
3
     sin  cos  d d d  sin  cos  d     d
2 4 2 2 2
0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
 3  
 
0

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81 2 162 

5  0
d 
5

2 
M xz   y  x, y, z  dV      sin  sin    sin   
3
2 2
sin  d d d
0 0 0
D

    
2  243 2 

 
3
 2 4
sin 3  sin  d d d  2
sin 3  sin  d d
0 0 0 5 0 0

 

   cos   cos  
   
 3
243 2 243 2 2
 sin  d
 1  cos  sin  sin  d d  
2 2

5 0 0 5 0   3  
 
0

2 2
162
  sin  d 
162
 cos    0
5 0 5 0

2 

 x  x, y, z  dV     sin   cos    sin   

3
M yz   2 2
sin  d d d
0 0 0
D
2  3
     4 sin 3  cos  d d d = 0 (Check !)
2
0 0 0

Center of gravity ( ) ( ) ( )

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