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Section 15.9 : Surface Area

  1. Determine the surface area of the portion of 6x+y+2z=10 that is in the 1st octant.
  2. Determine the surface area of the portion of 4x+3y+5z=8 that is inside the cylinder x2+y2=49 .
  3. Determine the surface area of the portion of z=9x2+9y21 that is below the xy-plane with x0.
  4. Determine the surface area of the portion of z=6y+2x2 that is above the triangle in the xy-plane with vertices (0,0), (8,0) and (8,2).
  5. Determine the surface area of the portion of y=8z+2x3+1 that is in front of the region in the xz-plane bounded by z=x3, x=2 and the x-axis.
  6. Determine the surface area of the portion of x=6y2z2 that is in front of x=2 with y0.
  7. Determine the surface area of the portion of y=4x+3z2 that is in front of the triangle in the xz-plane with vertices (0,0), (2,6) and (0,6).
  8. Determine the surface area of the portion of y=3x2+3z2that is inside the cylinder x2+z2=1.
  9. Determine the surface area of the portion of the sphere of radius 4 that is inside the cylinder x2+y2=3.