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course Mth 277

December 3 around 12:45pm.

Question: `q001. Find the center of mass of the part of the spherical solid with density delta = 2 described by x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= 9, with x,y,z all >= 0.YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Your solution:

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0<=x<=3

0<=y<=(sqrt 9-x^2)

0<=z<=(sqrt 9-x^2-y^2)

Int Int Int (2) dz dy dx with the above boundaries

=9pi or (28.27) after solving the triple integral [total mass]

Torque about “y”=Int Int (Int 2x dz,0,sqrt(9-x^2-y^2))dy,0,sqrt(9-x^2)dx,0,3=81pi/8 or 31.81

Torque about “z”=Int Int (Int 2x dz,0,sqrt(9-x^2-y^2))dy,0,sqrt(9-x^2)dx,0,3=81pi/8 or 31.81

Torque about “y”/total mass=center of mass point “y” and etc….

31.81/28.27=1.125

Center of mass: (1.125, 1.125, 1.125)

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Given Solution:

The region is described by 0 <= x <= 3, 0 <= y <= sqrt( 9 - x^2 ), 0 <= z <= sqrt( 9 - x^2 - y^2).

The typical volume increment has dimensions `dx by `dy by `dz, hence volume `dV = `dx * `dy * `dz. The increment includes a sample point but it is irrelevant to the mass of the integral, which is `dm = density * `dV (mass = density * volume). Since density is always 2, the mass increment is `dm = 2 * `dV = 2 * `dx * `dy * `dz.

If we form our Riemann sum, then take the limit, we find that the total mass is

int(int(int( 2 dz, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2 - y^2)) dy, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2) ) dx, 0, 3) = 9 pi.

Note:

The portion of the sphere which corresponds to this region comprises 1/8 the volume of the total sphere.

The volume of a sphere of radius 3 is 4 pi * 9 = 36 pi, so the volume of the present region is 9/2 pi. Multiplying this by the uniform density 2 gives us the total mass 9 pi.

We now find the 'torque' of the region about the x axis, for which we will use the symbol tau_x:

A typical volume increment, for which we now include a sample point (x_hat, y_hat, z_hat), lies at horizontal distance y_hat from the axis, so it contributes torque `dTau_x = y_hat * `dm = y_hat * 2 `dV = y_hat * 2 * `dx * `dy * `dz.

If we form our Riemann sum and take the limit we get the integral

tau_x = int(int(int( 2 y dz, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2 - y^2)) dy, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2) ) dx, 0, 3) = 81 pi / 8.

The center of mass therefore occurs at y coordinate

y_cMass = tau_x / mass = 81 pi / 8 / (9 pi) = 9/8.

Compare to the central point y = 1.5 between y = 0 and y = 3. If the region was an 'enclosing cube' this would be the center of mass in the y direction. However the mass of the spherical region is concentrated closer to the x axis than would the mass of the cube, and as a result the center of mass is closer to the x axis.

If we analyze the torques about the y and z axes, we get analogous results:

tau_y = int(int(int( 2 x dz, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2 - y^2)) dy, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2) ) dx, 0, 3) = 81 pi / 8

tau_z = int(int(int( 2 x dz, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2 - y^2)) dy, 0, sqrt(9 - x^2) ) dx, 0, 3) = 81 pi / 8

each of which divided by the mass again yields the same result 9/8.

We conclude that the center of mass is (9/8, 9/8, 9/8).

Some of the integrals look like this:

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK, I used decimals instead of fractions though.

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Question: `q002. Use double integration to find the center of mass when delta(x,y) = y over the region bounded by y = e^-x, x = 0, x = 3, y = 0.

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Your solution:

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[Int Int (y) dy, 0, e^(-x), dx, 0, 3]

=(e^(6)-1)*(e^(-6))/4

=0.25

Torque about “x”=Int Int (y^2) dy, 0, e^(-x), dx, 0, 3

=0.11

Torque about “y”= Int Int (xy) dy, 0, e^(-x), dx, 0, 3

=0.12

Center of mass:

Torque/total mass=

(x): 0.11/0.25=0.44

(y): 0.12/0.25=0.48

(0.44, 0.48)

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Given Solution:

The region is described by

0 <= x <= 3, 0 <= y <= e^(-x).

The mass increment has area `dy by `dx and density delta(x_hat, y_hat) = y_hat is `dm = y_hat * `dy * `dx, leading in the usual manner to the integral

int(int( y dy, 0, e^(-x))dx, 0, 3) = .249, approximately.

The moment (or torque) of a mass increment about the x axis is y_hat `dm = y_hat * (y_hat * `dy * `dx) = y_hat^2 `dy `dx, leading to the integral

tau_x = int(int( y ^2 dy, 0, e^(-x))dx, 0, 3) = .111.

The moment (or torque) of a mass increment about the y axis is x_hat `dm = x_hat * (y_hat * `dy * `dx), leading to the integral

tau_y = int(int( x y dy, 0, e^(-x))dx, 0, 3) = .122.

The coordinates of the center are therefore

x_cMass = tau_y / mass = .122 / .249 = .49, roughly, and

y_cMass = tau_x / mass = .111 / .249 = .45, roughly.

Standard-form representation of these integrals:

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK, a few rounding differences.

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Question: `q003. Find I_x, the moment of inertia about the x-axis, of the lamina that covers the region bounded by the graph of y = 3 - x^2 and the x-axis, and with density delta(x,y) = x^2*y^2.

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Your solution:

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y=3-x^2

x=sqrt (3)

I=mr^2

x-axis (r=y hat)

‘dm=(x hat^2)*(y hat^2)

‘dI=((x hat^2)*(y hat^2))*(y hat^2)

[Int Int (x^2*y^4) dy, 0, (3-x^2), dx, -sqrt (3), sqrt (3)]

=41472*sqrt(3)/5005

=14.4 [moment of inertia]

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Given Solution:

The typical area increment has dimensions `dy by `dx and sample point (x_hat, y_hat). The mass of the region is `dm = density * area = x_hat^2 y^hat^2 `dx `dy, and its distance from the x axis is r = y_hat. Its moment of inertia is mass * r^2, giving us `dI = `dm * r^2 = (x_hat^2 y^hat^2 `dx `dy) * y_hat^2 = x_hat^2 y^hat^4 `dx `dy. This leads us to the integral

int(int(x^2 y^4 dy, 0, 3 - x^2) dx, -sqrt(3), sqrt(3) ) = 14.35, approx..

This is reasonable. This region of the graph covers most of an 'enclosing rectangle' with dimensions 2 sqrt(3) * 3 = 10, very approximately. (1, 1) could be regarded as a 'typical point', at which density is 1 and distance from the x axis is 1, so the moment of inertia of a neighboring region would be is about 1 * area. Extending this to the entire region would result in moment of inertia 1 * 10 = 10, which puts our much more accurate answer of 14.35 in the right ballpark.

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Self-critique (if necessary):

PERFECT!

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Question: `q004. Suppose the joint probability density function for the random variables X and Y is f(x,y) = {4e^(-2x)*e^(-y) if x,y >= 0, 0 otherwise.} Find the probability that X + Y <= 1.

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Your solution:

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P[(X,Y) is in R]= Int Int (f (x,y) dA), over boundary R

=(Int (Int (4e^(-2x)*e^(-y)) dy, 0, 1-x) dx, 0, 1)

=approx. 0.799

About 80% that X+Y<=1

P(E)+P(E line)=1

1-0.799=0.200

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Question: `q005. Find the average value of the function f(x,y,z) = x + 2y + 3z over the solid region S bounded by the tetrahedron with vertices (0,0,0), (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1).

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Your solution:

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Tetrahedron: first octant that lies beneath the plane x+y+z=1

=[Int(Int(Int x+2y+3z dz, 0, 1-x-y), dy, 0, 1-x), dx, 0, 1]

=Int (x+2y+3z dz, 0, 1-x-y)

=[(x+y-1)*(x-y-3)]/2

=Int ([(x+y-1)*(x-y-3)]/2 dy, 0, 1-x)

=[-(x-1)^2*(2x-5)]/6

=Int ([-(x-1)^2*(2x-5)]/6 dx, 0, 1)

=1/4

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That is the correct integral for the function.

The average value of the function is the integral, divided by the volume.

The volume is 1/6 (this could be obtained by integrating the volume increment over the given region).

The average value of the function is therefore 1/4 / (1/6) = 3/2.

There are a number of ways to think about this result.

First, does it make common sense?

x + 2y + 3z is equal to 0 at (0, 0, 0), to 1 at (1, 0, 0), to 2 at (0, 1, 0), and to 3 at (0, 0, 1).

The largest cross-section is in the x-y plane; for the region 0 <= x <= 1, 0 <= y <= 1 - x we have x + y <= 1.

The greatest values of f(x, y, z) occur near the 'tips' of the tetrahedron, which don't occupy a lot of volume.

So an average value of 1.5 seems to be in the right range.

Second, how can we understand the meaning of the average value?

If f(x, y, z) is interpreted as a mass density, our first integral tells us that the mass of the tetrahedron is 1/4 and our second integral gives us volume 1/6. Since average density = mass / volume, our result 1/4 / (1/6) = 3/2 = 1.5 gives us the average density of the object.

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Good work. See my notes, especially on that last problem where you finished the hard part but didn't quite complete the problem.

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