University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.6 - Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces - Exercises - Page 636: 35

Answer

Elliptical paraboloid. See image: .

Work Step by Step

Comparing to Table 12.1, we recognize the form of the elliptical paraboloid (with -y and z interchanged). This means that it opens along the y-axis (instead of the z-axis), and the minus tells us that it opens in the -y direction. Cross-sections with $x=k$ and $z=k$ are parabolas; with$y=-k$ the cross-sections are circles (special cases of parabolas).
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