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Active Calculus - Multivariable

Activity 12.6.5.
A solid \(S\) is bounded below by the square \(z=0\text{,}\) \(-1 \leq x \leq 1\text{,}\) \(-1 \leq y \leq 1\) and above by the surface \(z = 2-x^2-y^2\text{.}\) A picture of the solid is shown in Figure 12.6.9.
Figure 12.6.9. The solid bounded by the surface \(z = 2-x^2-y^2\)
(a)
First, set up both 1) an iterated double integral to find the volume of the solid \(S\) as a double integral of a solid under a surface and 2)an iterated triple integral that gives the volume of the solid \(S\text{.}\) You do not need to evaluate either integral. Write a couple of sentences to compare these two approaches.
(b)
Set up (but do not evaluate) iterated integral expressions that will tell us the center of mass of \(S\text{,}\) if the density at point \((x,y,z)\) is \(\delta(x,y,z)=x^2+1\text{.}\)
(c)
Set up (but do not evaluate) an iterated integral to find the average density on \(S\) using the density function from part (b).
(d)
Use technology appropriately to evaluate the iterated integrals you determined in (a), (b), and (c); does the location you determined for the center of mass make sense?