Question

Find the volume of the region between the planes x plus y plus 2 z equals 2 and 4 x plus 4 y plus z equals 8 in the first octant.

Answer 1

Find the intercepts for both planes.

Plane 1, x + y + 2z = 2:

`y=z=0\implies x=2\implies (2,0,0)`

`x=z=0\implies y=2\implies(0,2,0)`

`x=y=0\implies 2z=2\implies z=1\implies(0,0,1)`

Plane 2, 4x + 4y + z = 8:

`y=z=0\implies4x=8\implies x=2\implies(2,0,0)`

`x=z=0\implies4y=8\impliesy=2\implies(0,2,0)`

`x=y=0\implies z=8\implies(0,0,8)`

Both planes share the same x- and y-intercepts, but the second plane's z-intercept is higher, so Plane 2 acts as the roof of the bounded region.

Meanwhile, in the (x, y)-plane where z = 0, we see the bounded region projects down to the triangle in the first quadrant with legs x = 0, y = 0, and x + y = 2, or y = 2 - x.

So the volume of the region is

`\displaystyle\int_0^2\int_0^(2-x)\int_{\frac{2-x-y}2}^(8-4x-4y)\mathrm dz\,\mathrm dy\,\mathrm dx=\displaystyle\int_0^2\int_0^(2-x)\left(8-4x-4y-\frac{2-x-y}2\right)\,\mathrm dy\,\mathrm dx`

`=\displaystyle\int_0^2\int_0^(2-x)\left(7-\frac72(x+y)\right)\,\mathrm dy\,\mathrm dx=\int_0^2\left(7(2-x)-\frac72x(2-x)-\frac74(2-x)^2\right)\,\mathrm dx`

`=\displaystyle\int_0^2\left(7-7x+\frac74 x^2\right)\,\mathrm dx=\boxed{\frac{14}3}`