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OpenStudy (legomyego180):

Integrals

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

\[\int\limits_{}^{}\int\limits_{}^{}\int\limits_{}^{}2z dx dy dz\] \[0\le z \le1\] \[2\le x \le 2y\]

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

\[\int\limits_{0}^{1}\int\limits_{0}^{x}\int\limits_{2}^{2y}2z dxdydx\] Did i set this up right?

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

Im confused because when I work it out I am not getting a real number, but a function in terms of x. Do I need to do a change of variable?

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

MY overal answer was (x(x-2))

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

why do you put 0 to x for your interval of y?

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

oh sorry i forgot the bounds of y are given I just didnt write it here. 0<y<x

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

I see, so you introduced x again when you integrate over y, but you've just integrated over x, so you made x diappear by integrating over it, but the x term on the y interval made it reappear

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

Right

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

I am kind of confused about how to do it properly, its being awhile since I did my Calc III

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

Yea, its got myself and the 6 people im studying with stumped

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

let me get on wolfram alpha and see if it gives a solution

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

thanks!

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

wolframalpha says your right

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

it is a function of x after all, I guess this function of x is the correct answer, you didnt make a mistake anywhere

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

wait are second, what's your d's? dxdydx or dxdydz?

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

because these two gives different answes

OpenStudy (holsteremission):

Word of advice, don't always trust WA's results for multiple integrals. They still have a few kinks to work out.

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

if you have dxdydx, as your second post, then it has a definite value. But your first one says dxdydz which is x(x-2) and we cant do anything about it

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

its 2z dxdydx

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

hold on, that still doesnt make sense

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

becuase now you cant even get rid of your z, because you are not even integrating over it

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

God, sorry im such a clutz right now. I typed it wrong again. Ive been doing integrals for the past 32 hours. its 2z * dx dy dz

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

then I think its correct to say its x(x-2), but I forgot mot of my multicalc stuff from my freshman year

OpenStudy (legomyego180):

Alrighty, thank you!

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