EEM2036 Engineering Mathematics III Trimester 1 (2009/2010)

Tutorial Questions of Multiple Integrals

1. Evaluate the double integrals over the given region R. Sketch the
region R in the xy-plane over which the integration is taken.
(a)

RR

R (x

+ y 2 )dA; R = {(x, y)|y 2 x 4, 0 y 2}

RR

(b)
R (2xy)dA; R is the region bounded by the straight lines
y = x, y = 2 and x = 2
Ans: (a) 4288/105 (b) 16/3
2. Sketch the region R of integration and evaluate the integrals by
reversing the order of integration.
(a)

R R 1/2

(b)

R 3 R 2x+3

x dydx

(c)

RR

dydx

x cos(xy) cos2 x dxdy

1 x2

sin y
y

Ans: (a)

1
3

(b)

32
3

(c) 2

3. Use the integration to find the area of the region in the xy-plane
bounded by the given curves.
(a) y = x, y 2 = x
(b) y = x2 + 1, y = 2x2 3
Ans: (a) 1/6 (b) 32/3

4. Find the volume of the solid that lies below z = f (x, y) and above
the region in the xy-plane bounded by the given curves.
(a) z = 1 + x + y; x = 0, x = 1, y = 0, y = 1
(b) z = 4x2 + y 2 ; x = 0, y = 0, 2x + y = 2
Ans: (a) 2 (b) 4/3
5. Use double integrals to find the volume of the solid that is bounded
above by the cylinder z = x2 and below by the region bounded
R in the xy-plane, which is enclosed by the parabola y = 2 x2
and the line y = x. (Q 1(a),PEM2036, 1st Trimester, 2001/2002)
Ans: 3.15
6. Let R be the region in the 1st quadrant bounded by the hyperbolas xyR =
1, xy = 3 and x2 y 2 = 1, x2 y 2 = 4. Find the
R
2
2
integral
R (x + y )dxdy
Ans: 3
7. Use the transformation u = x3 and v = y2 , or other method, to find
the volume of the solid bounded above by the plane x + y + z =
9, below by the xy-plane, and laterally by the elliptic cylinder
4x2 + 9y 2 = 36. (Q2(c) Supplementary, PEM2032, 1st Trimester
2000/2001)
Ans: 54
8. Evaluate the given double integrals by using polar coordinates.
(a)

R 1 R 1x2

(b)

R R

ex

2 +y 2

dydx

2
y sin(x2 + y 2 ) dxdy
2

(c)

R1 R1

(d)

R R

x2 dydx

e(x

2 +y 2 )

dydx
Ans: (a) 4 (e 1) (b) 2 (c)

1
12

(d)

9. Find the volume of the following solids by using double integrals

in polar coordinates.
(a) The volume of the solid bounded by the paraboloids z = x2 +y 2
and z = 4 3x2 3y 2 .
(b) The volume of the solid bounded by the surfaces x2 +y 2 2x =
0, 4z = x2 + y 2 and z 2 = x2 + y 2 .
(c) The volume of the solid lies above the plane z = 3 and below
the paraboloid z = 15 2x2 2y 2 .
Ans: (a) 2 (b)
10. Evaluate the triple integral

RRR

32
9

3
8

(c) 81

f (x, y, z) dxdydz if

(a) f (x, y, z) = x + y + z; G is the rectangular box 0 x 2,

0 y 3, 0 z 1.
(b) f (x, y, z) = x2 ; G is the tetrahedron in the first octant bounded
by the coordinate planes and the plane x + y + z = 1.
(c) f (x, y, z) = cos( yz ); G is the solid defined by the inequalities,

y 2 , y x 2 , 0 z xy.
6
Ans: (a) 18 (b)

1
60

(c)

56 3
12

11. Write a triple integral to represent the volume of the solid and
evaluate the integral.
(a) The solid bounded by the surface z =
x + y = 1, x = 0, z = 0.

y and the planes

(b) The wedge in the first octant and from the cylinder y 2 +z 2 1
bounded by the planes y = x, x = 0 and z = 0.
(c) The solid that is enclosed between the paraboloids z = 8
x2 y 2 and z = 3x2 + y 2 .
Ans: (a)

4
15

(b)

1
3

(c) 8 2

12. Use triple integration in cylindrical coordinates to solve the following problems.
(a) Find the volume of the solid bounded above by the plane z = 4
and below by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 .
(b) Find the volume of the solid bounded by the paraboloids
z = 2x2 + y 2 and z = 12 x2 2y 2 .
Ans: (a) 8 (b) 24
RRR

x2 + y 2 + z 2 dV using (a) cylindrical coordinates,

13. Evaluate
G
and (b) spherical coordinates, where
2G is2 the solid bounded by
the plane z = 3 and the cone z = x + y .
Ans:

27
(2
2

2 1)

14. (a) Find the volume of the solid that lies under the paraboloid z =
x2 + y 2 , above the xy-plane, and inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 2y.
(Q1(b), PEM2036, 1st Trimester, 2001/2002 (Supplementary))

R1 R

1y 2

x 2
2
(b) Consider 1 0
0 (x + y )dzdxdy. Transform the integral to cylindrical coordinates and evaluate the result. Sketch
the solid of the integration. (Q3(a), PEM2032, 1st Trimester
1999/2000)

(c) Evaluate the following triple integral,

Z Z Z

(x2 + y 2 )dV
V

where V is the solid bounded

above by the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4

and below by z = 13 x2 + y 2
(a)

3
2

(b)

2
5

8
3

(c)

15. (i) Find

of the sphere z = x2 + y 2 + z 2 and the cone
2 the equations
2
z = x + y in spherical coordinates.
(ii) Hence,
the volume of the solid D that lies above the cone
2 find
2
z = x + y and below the sphere z = x2 + y 2 + z 2 . (Q1(b),
PEM2036, 1st Trimester, 2001/2002)
Ans: (i) sphere: = cos ; cone: =

(ii)

16. Let E be the solid that is bounded above by x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2z

and below by 3z 2 = x2 + y 2 , and z 0.
(i) Sketch the graph of E.
(ii) Evaluate

RRR

zdV . (Q2(a), PEM2036, 1st Trimester, 2001/2002)

Ans: (ii)

21
16

17. (January 2006)

RR

(a) By making a change of variables or otherwise, evaluate R xydA,

where R is the region bounded by the lines 2xy = 3, 2xy = 1,
5

3x + y = 2 and 3x + y = 1.
(b) Calculate the volume of the solid bounded by the surfaces
z = 0, x2 + y 2 = 1 and x + y + z = 3.
Ans: (a) -66/125, (b) 3
18. (February 2006)
(a) Evaluate
1.

RR

R (1x

y 2 )dxdy, where R is the region x2 +y 2

(b)Under the change of variables x = au, y = bv and z = cw, find

2
2
2
the volume of the solid ellipsoid E given by xa2 + yb2 + zc2 1.
RRR

(c) By using spherical coordinates, evaluate

E ZdV , where E
lies between the spheres x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 and x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 in
the first octant.
Ans: (a) 2 , (b) 43 abc, (c)
RR 

15
16

4

19. Evaluate A xy
dydx, where A is a triangular region bounded
x+y
by x + y = 1 and the coordinates axes.
Ans: 1/10
Additional questions:
20. Evaluate the iterated integral by converting to polar coordinates:
(a)

R 2 R 4x2

(b)

R 2 R 8x2

4x2

x2 + y 2 dydx.
3

(x2 + y 2 ) 2 dydx.
Ans: (a)
RRR

16
3

(b)

32 2
5

21. Evaluate the triple integral

Q f (x, y, z)dV given f (x, y, z) =
4yz, Q is the tetrahedron bounded by x + 2y + z = 2 and the
6

coordinate planes.
Ans:

4
15

RRR

22. Evaluate
Q 2dzdxdy using cylindrical coordinates given Q is
the region above the xyplane and below z = 9 x2 y 2 .
Ans: 81