Homework # 6 - Math 250
The problems on this homework must be done alone. The honor code is in effect.
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1. What's does the following equation represent \(36x^2 + 9 y^2 + 4z^2 = 36\)?
a. A sphere of radius 6 centered at the origin.
b. An elipsoid centered at the origin, crossing the x-axis at 1 and -1.
c. An elipsoid centered at the origin, crossing the x-axis at 6 and -6.
d. A hyperboloid of one sheet.
e. A hyperboloid of two sheets.
2. What's does the following equation represent \(36x^2 - 9 y^2 + 4z^2 = 36\)?
3. What's does the following equation represent \(36x^2 - 9 y^2 + 4z^2 = -36\)?
4. What's does the following equation represent \(x + y^2 + z^2 = 0\)?
a. A paraboloid opening on the positive z-axis.
b. A paraboloid opening on the negative z-axis.
c. A paraboloid opening on the positive x-axis.
d. A paraboloid opening on the negative x-axis.
e. A paraboloid opening on the positive y-axis.
5. What's does the following equation represent \(r = z\)? (You're meant to infer the coordinate system we're using here.)
a. Two straight lines in the rz-plane.
b. A paraboloid opening on the positive z-axis.
d. A cone centered around the z-axis.
e. A cone centered around the r-axis.
6. What's does the following equation represent \(r^2 + z^2 = 1\)?
a. A sphere of radius 1.
b. Just the point at the origin.
d. A hyperboloid of two sheets opening on the z-axis.
e. A parabolic hyerboloid.
7. What's does the following set of equations represent \(\rho \leq 1, 0 \leq \theta \leq \frac{\pi}{2}, 0\leq \phi \leq \frac{\pi}{2})?
a. A solid sphere of radius 1.
b. Half of a solid sphere of radius 1.
c. One third of a solid sphere of radius 1.
d. One quarter of a solid sphere of radius 1.
e. One eighth of a solid sphere of radius 1.