Question: Using Stokes' Theorem, following the steps outlined below: Suppose we want the work done around the boundary of the plane 2 x + 3 y

Using Stokes' Theorem, following the steps outlined below:
Suppose we want the work done around the boundary of the plane 2x+3y+z=12 over the square given by 0x1 and 0y1, oriented counter-clockwise from above (so that the normal vector is upward), under the force field F=xy+ex2,10yz,z2>.
If we try to solve this using a line integral, this will require four separate integrals (one for each edge of the square) and possibly involve terms which are not readily integrable (like ex2, if not multiplied by x).
Instead, we can use Stokes' Theorem to convert the total line integral around the closed curve into one single double integral. This is analogous to using Green's Theorem, except that our plane is tilted, not flat in the xy-plane. Because the enclosed surface S does not lie flat in the plane, we must use Stokes', not Green's.
(a) compute curl(F).
(b) Our surface is 2x+3y+z=12. Solve for z, so that the surface is in the form z=g(x,y). We need to find the normal vector n. one way to do this is to parametrize using x=u,y=v. Then what is z? Write r(u,v) using your parametrization, and then find the normal vector by taking the cross product of the partials of r.
(c) Find the integrand for Stokes' using the dot
product (curl(F)*n), in terms of u and v.
(d) Set up the double integral for Stokes' Theorum. This is now over a region in the xy-plane and the limits of integration for u and v will come from the bounds on x and y.
(e) Compute the integral you found in part d, boxing your final answer.
Using Stokes' Theorem, following the steps

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