DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

I.I.T. MADRAS
MA 1101 Functions of several variables
Exercise Set 3: Multiple Integarls - I
(1) Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by the cuuve y =

and the lines y = 2 and x = 0 about

(a) the x-axis

(b) the y-axis

(c) the line y = 2

(d) the line x = 4.

(2) The arch y = sinx, 0 x is revolved about the line y = c, 0 c 1, to generate a

solid.
(a) Find the value of c that minimizes the volume of the solid. What is the minimum volume?
(b) What value of c in [0, 1] maximizes the volume of the solid?
(3) Sketch the region of integration and evaluate the integral:
Z 2 Z y2
Z ln 8 Z ln y
(a)
dx dy.
(b)
ex+y dx dy.
1

(4) Integrate f (x, y) over the region R:

(a) f (x, y) = y x,
R : the triangular region cut from the first quadrant by the straight line x + y = 1.
(b) f (x, y) = ex ln y,
R : the region bounded by the straight lines x = 0, y = 1, y = 2 and the curve x = ln y.
(5) Sketch the region and reverse the order of integration:
Z 3/2 Z 94x2
Z 1 Z 1x2
16x dydx.
dy dx.
(b)
(a)
0

1x

(6) Evaluate the integrals:

Z 2 Z 4x2
Z 1/16 Z 1/2
Z 1 Z 1/1x2
xe2y
(a)
dx dy
(b)
cos(16x5 ) dxdy
(c)
(2y + 1) dy dx

y
1
2
0
0
0
y
/4
1
1/
1x
ZZ
(d)
(y 2x2 ) dA, where R is the region whose boundary is |x| + |y| = 1.
Z ZR
(e)
xy dA, where R is the region bounded by the straight lines y = x, y = 2x, and
R

x + y = 2.
(7) Find the volume of the region bounded by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 and below by the
triangle enclosed by the lines y = x, x = 0, and x + y = 2 in the xy-plane.
(8) Find the volume of the solid that is bounded on the front and back by the planes x = 2 and
x = 1, on the sides by the cylinders y = 1/x, and above and below by the planes z = x + 1
and z = 0.

ZZ

(9) Give an approximate value of

(x + y)dA, where R is the region bounded by the semiR

circle y = 1 x2 and the x-axis, by computing the corresponding Riemann sum with the
partition x = 1, 1/2, 0, 1/4, 1/2, 1 and y = 0, 1/2, 1 with sample points at (1/2, 0), (0, 0),
(1/4, 0), (1/2, 0), (1/2, 1/2), (0, 1/2), and (1/4, 1/2).
(10) Express the area of the region bounded by the curves y = ln x, y = 2 ln x and the line x = e
in the first quadrant and then find the area.
(11) Determine which one is the larger: the average value of xy over the rectangle 0 x 1,
0 y 1 and the average value of xy over the quarter disc x2 + y 2 1 in the first quadrant?