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Example 2

Find the volume of the solid bounded by the four planes x = 0, y = 0, z = x + y, z = 1 - x - y.

Step 1

Sketch the planes. We see from Figure 12.3.7 that z = x + y is below

z = 1 - x - y

Step 2

Find inequalities for the region D. Since the two planes

z = x + y, z = 1 - x - y

meet at the line

2x + 2y =1, y = ½ - x,

D is the region

0 ≤ x ≤ ½, 0 ≤ y ≤ ½ - x.

Step 3

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= ½ - x - 2x(½ - x) - (½ - x)2 = ¼ - x + x2.

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Figure 12.3.7


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