Question: In this exercise we will obtain a formula for the volume of the spherical wedge. ( a ) Use a triple integral in cylindrical coordinates

In this exercise we will obtain a formula for the volume of the spherical wedge.
(a) Use a triple integral in cylindrical coordinates to show that the volume of the solid bounded above by a sphere = _0, below by a cone = _0, and on the sides by = _1 and = _2(_1< _2) is V =(1/3)(_0)^3(1 cos _0)(_2 _1)[Hint: In cylindrical coordinates, the sphere has the equation r^2+ z^2=(_0)^2 and the cone has the equation z = r cot _0. For simplicity, consider only the case 0< _0< /2.
(b) Subtract appropriate volumes and use the result in part (a) to deduce that the volume V of the spherical wedge is V=(((p_2)^3-(p_1)^3)/3)(cos _1 cos _2)
(c) Apply the Mean-Value Theorem to the functions cos and ^3 to deduce that the formula in part (b) can be written as V = ^(2) sin ^ where = _2 _1, = _2 _1, = _2 _1, and ^ are between _1 and _2, ^ is between _1 and _2.

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