# Thread: Find the integral over the cone

1. ## Find the integral over the cone

Evaluate the integral of $5(x^2+y^2+z^2)$ over the region D above the cone $3z^2=x^2+y^2$ and inside the sphere $x^2+y^2+z^2=a^2$.
(D looks like an ice-cream cone)

obviously, we may use the sphercical polar form to solve this, but I have trouble converting x, y, z into the polar from such as $x=ecos\theta$ $sin\varphi$, $y=esin\theta$ $sin\varphi$, $z =ecos\varphi$

2. I presume you mean $\rho$ rather than "e"!

Certainly you should have no trouble putting $5(x^2+ y^2+z^2)$ and $x^2+ y^2+ z^2= a^2$ into spherical coordinates ( $x^2+ y^2+ z^2= a^2$ is a sphere with radius a. So I assume the problem is $3z^2= x^2+ y^2$. It's not really hard to put the formulas for x, y, and z, in terms of $\rho$, $\theta$, and $\phi$ and reduce but I think I would be inclined to add a $z^2$ to each side to get $4z^2= x^2+ y^2+ z^2$. Now the left side is $4z^2= 4(\rho cos(\phi))^2= 4\rho^2cos^2(\phi)$ and the right side is, as I said before, very easy.

3. Originally Posted by HallsofIvy
I presume you mean $\rho$ rather than "e"!

Certainly you should have no trouble putting $5(x^2+ y^2+z^2)$ and $x^2+ y^2+ z^2= a^2$ into spherical coordinates ( $x^2+ y^2+ z^2= a^2$ is a sphere with radius a. So I assume the problem is $3z^2= x^2+ y^2$. It's not really hard to put the formulas for x, y, and z, in terms of $\rho$, $\theta$, and $\phi$ and reduce but I think I would be inclined to add a $z^2$ to each side to get $4z^2= x^2+ y^2+ z^2$. Now the left side is $4z^2= 4(\rho cos(\phi))^2= 4\rho^2cos^2(\phi)$ and the right side is, as I said before, very easy.
thanks for the help, so the integral will be $\int _\,^\!$ $\int _\,^\!$ $\int _0\,^a\!$ $\rho^4$ $sin\varphi$ $d\rho$ $d\theta$ $d\varphi$

but im still not sure what the intrand of $d\theta$ $d\varphi$ would be, any hints?

would $d\varphi$ be from 0 to a/2?

4. Originally Posted by wopashui
thanks for the help, so the integral will be $\int _\,^\!$ $\int _\,^\!$ $\int _0\,^a\!$ $\rho^4$ $sin\varphi$ $d\rho$ $d\theta$ $d\varphi$

but im still not sure what the intrand of $d\theta$ $d\varphi$ would be, any hints?

would $d\varphi$ be from 0 to a/2?

actually, it would be $\int _\,^\!$ $\int _\,^\!$ $\int _0\,^a\!$ $5$ $\rho^4$ $sin\varphi$ $d\rho$ $d\theta$ $d\varphi$