University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.1 - Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems - Exercises - Page 600: 57

Answer

Center: $(-\dfrac{1}{4},-\dfrac{1}{4},-\dfrac{1}{4})$ and radius: $\dfrac{5 \sqrt 3}{4}$

Work Step by Step

We know that the standard equation of a sphere is written as: $(x-x_0)^2+(y-y_0)^2+(z-z_0)^2=r^2\ \ \ $ (1) Here, $(x_0,y_0,z_0)$ represents the center and $r$ is the radius of the sphere. Since, we have $2x^2+2y^2+2z^2+x+y+z=9$ or, $2x^2+x+2y^2+y+2z^2+z=9$ or, $2(x^2+\dfrac{1}{2}x)+2(y^2+\dfrac{1}{2}y)+2(z^2+\dfrac{1}{2}z)=9$ or, $2(x^2+\dfrac{1}{2}x+\dfrac{1}{16})+2(y^2+\dfrac{1}{2}y+\dfrac{1}{16})+2(z^2+\dfrac{1}{2}z+\dfrac{1}{16})=9+\dfrac{2}{16}+\dfrac{2}{16}+\dfrac{2}{16}$ or, $(x +\dfrac{1}{4})^2+(y +\dfrac{1}{4})^2+(z +\dfrac{1}{4})^2=(\sqrt{\dfrac{75}{16}})^2$ or, $(x -(-\dfrac{1}{4}))^2+(y -(-\dfrac{1}{4}))^2+(z -(-\dfrac{1}{4}))^2=(\dfrac{5 \sqrt 3}{4})^2$ Compare the above equation with equation (1), we get Center :$(-\dfrac{1}{4},-\dfrac{1}{4},-\dfrac{1}{4})$ and radius: $\dfrac{5 \sqrt 3}{4}$
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