Use spherical coords to find the volume of the solid:

[hank]

The solid enclosed by the sphere x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 4a^2 and the planes z=0 and z = a.

Here is my setup:

$\displaystyle \int^{2\pi}_{0} \int^{\frac{\pi}{2}}_{\frac{\pi}{6}} \int^{2a}_{0} \rho^2\sin\phi \ d\rho d\phi d\theta$

Is this correct?

 

[galactus]

Inb spherical coordinates the sphere and the plane z=a are $\displaystyle {\rho}=2a$ and $\displaystyle {\rho}=a\cdot{sec({\phi})}$, respectively.

They intersect at $\displaystyle {\phi}=\frac{\pi}{3}$

$\displaystyle \int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{3}}\int_{0}^{a\cdot{sec{\phi}}}{\rho}^{2}sin{\phi}d{\rho}d{\phi}d{\theta}+\int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{\frac{\pi}{3}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int_{0}^{2a}{\rho}^{2}sin{\phi}d{\rho}d{\phi}d{\theta}$

There.....now integrate away :wink: