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Friday, August 28, 2015

Volume of tetrahedron using integrals

Find the volume of the tetrahedron bounded by the planes $x=0, y=0, z=0, \; z = 2-2x-y$.

Solution



We easily check that the volume is given by:

$$V=\iint \limits_{D} f(x, y)\, {\rm d}(x, y)= \int_0^2 \int_0^{2-2x} (2- 2x-y)\, {\rm d}y \, {\rm d}x$$.

So, we have to evaluate the last integral which is trivial. It evaluates to $\displaystyle \frac{4}{3}$.

Hence the volume of the tetrahedron is $V=\frac{4}{3}$.

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