Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 12: Vectors and the Geometry of Space - Section 12.1 - Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems - Exercises 12.1 - Page 696: 38

Answer

$z=\sqrt{1-x^{2}-y^{2}}$

Work Step by Step

The whole sphere:$\quad x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=1$ "Upper hemisphere" restricts the z-coordinates to $z\geq 0.$ Combined, $ x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=1,\quad z\geq 0.$ Express z in terms of x and y $z^{2}=1-x^{2}-y^{2},\quad z\geq 0.$ Take the square root (result is nonnegative, so we drop the condition on z) $z=\sqrt{1-x^{2}-y^{2}}$
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