[Math] find the volume of a solid limited by a paraboloid and a cylinder

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Find the volume of a solid inside the paraboloid $z=4-x^{2}-y^{2}$ and the cylinder $x^2+y^2=1$ and above $xy$-plane

How to start?
How to find the limits of the integration?

Best Answer

The region projected onto the $x-y$ plane gives a circle of radius $1$, and $z$ is integrated from $0$ to $4-x^2-y^2$. Therefore, using cylindrical coordinates, the integral becomes $$V = \int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^1 \int_0^{4-x^2-y^2} r\, dz\, dr\, d\theta$$