16. What is the volume of the closed region in R3 bounded by z = 9 – x2 – y2 and z = 0 ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

 

Solution: The answer is C

 

The following is a graph of the surface and closed region in R3:

 

Notice that the closed region forms a circle of radius 3 on the xy-plane. Thus

Switching to polar coordinates we obtain