Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 16 - Section 16.6 - Parametric Surfaces and Their Areas - 16.6 Exercise - Page 1120: 21

Answer

$x=\frac{\sqrt {4+4y^{2}+z^{2}}}{2},y=y,z=z$

Work Step by Step

Given: The part of the hyperboloid $4x^{2}-4y^{2}-z^{2}= 4$ that lies in front of the $yz$ plane. We need to use two parameters for the surface when we parametrize it. Since it lies in front of the $yz$ plane, we can let $y$ and $z$ be the independent variables and express $x$ in terms of $y$ and $z$. $4x^{2}-4y^{2}-z^{2}= 4$ $4x^{2}=4+4y^{2}+z^{2}$ $x^{2}=\frac{4+4y^{2}+z^{2}}{4}$ $x=\sqrt {\frac{4+4y^{2}+z^{2}}{4}}$ or $x=\frac{\sqrt {4+4y^{2}+z^{2}}}{2}$ We choose the positive square root (rather than the negative square root) because it lies in front of the $yz$ plane. Hence, the parametric representation of the hyperboloid is $x=\frac{\sqrt {4+4y^{2}+z^{2}}}{2},y=y,z=z$
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