Section 15.9 : Surface Area
3. Determine the surface area of the portion of z=3+2y+14x4 that is above the region in the xy-plane bounded by y=x5, x=1 and the x-axis.
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Start SolutionOkay, let’s start off with a quick sketch of the surface so we can get a feel for what we’re dealing with.


We’ve given the sketches with a set of “traditional” axes as well as a set of “box” axes to help visualize the surface.
The surface we are after is the orange portion that is above the xy-plane and the greenish region in the xy-plane is the region over which we are graphing the surface, i.e. it is the region D we’ll use in the integral.
Show Step 2The integral for the surface area is,
S=∬D√[x3]2+[2]2+1dA=∬D√x6+5dA Show Step 3Now, as mentioned in Step 1 the region D is shown in the sketches of the surface. Here is a 2D sketch of D for the sake of completeness.

The limits for this region are,
0≤x≤10≤y≤x5Note as well that the integrand pretty much requires us to do the integration in this order.
Show Step 4With the limits from Step 3 the integral becomes,
S=∬D√x6+5dA=∫10∫x50√x6+5dydx Show Step 5Okay, all we need to do then is evaluate the integral.
S=∫10∫x50√x6+5dydx=∫10(y√x6+5)|x50dx=∫10x5√x6+5dx=19(x6+5)32|10=19(632−532)=0.3907