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When I try Find the volume of the region $R$ lying below the plane $z = 3-2y$ and above the paraboloid $z = x^2 + y^2$

Solving the 2 equations together yields the cylinder $x^2 + (y+1)^2 = 4 $ How do I get the volume then???

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    Duplicate or specific case of another one. See for generalized case: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/150251/calculate-the-volume-between-z-x2y2-and-z-2ax2by?rq=12012-12-26
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    what i don't understand is that when using polar coordinate to integrate my book deals with the region (which is the circle: x^2 + (y+1)^2 = 4) as if its center was the origin so theta: 0 --> 2PI , r: 0 --> 2 is that true?2012-12-26
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    @MuhammadKhalifaTranCer: No. It is not true.2012-12-26
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    @BabakSorouh:could you tell me how I can find a relation between r and theta ?2012-12-26
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    The problem is that the intersection area is not a circle with centered at (0,0). its center is indeed $(0,-1)$ with radius 2 as you noted above.2012-12-26
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    @user1710036: it ranges from $r^2$ to $3-2rsin(theta)$2012-12-26
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    @BabakSorouh no not yet someone told me i need to translate the axes at (0,-1) but I'm not sure2012-12-27

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First of all, I draw a plot for $x^2+(y+1)^2=4$ or $r^2+2r\sin(\theta)=3$ which is our integration area on plane $z=0$.

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You see that $r$ varies from $r=3$ to $r=-\sin(\theta)+\sqrt{\sin(\theta)^2+3}$ and $\theta$ from $0$ to $pi/2$. As the volume is symmetric so you should double the result.

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    Wow! I like the picture (and the answer!) +2013-03-01
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    @amWhy: I my self made it! :-)2013-03-01