University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.1 - Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems - Exercises - Page 600: 38

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

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