Laboratory on Spherical Volumes

Problem #1

  1. Draw the region in the xy plane, the floor and the ceiling associated with the integral .

  2. Translate the volume into spherical coordinates.

  3. Express the integral in the form .

Problem #2

Place a small piece of a sphere with in your 3D Kit. Using the variables r, , and define the length, width, and height of the piece if we approximate it as a cube. HINT: solution is .


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