To evaluate the double integral and find the volume of the solid bounded by and the -plane, we need to set up and solve the integral.
The volume can be calculated by integrating the height function over the region in the -plane. In this case, the height function is given by .
Thus, the volume can be expressed as:
where represents the area element.
To determine the limits of integration for and , we need to find the region in the -plane that corresponds to the solid bounded by the surface and the -plane.
From the equation , we can see that the surface intersects the -plane when :
Simplifying this equation, we obtain:
This equation represents an ellipse in the -plane.
To determine the limits of integration, we need to find the range of and values that correspond to this ellipse.
Let's solve for in terms of :
Since the ellipse is symmetric about the -axis, we only need to consider the positive square root.
The limits of integration for will be determined by the range of values that correspond to the ellipse. To find these limits, we need to solve the following equation:
Substituting , we have:
Simplifying further, we obtain:
This equation holds true for any value of . Therefore, the limits of integration for are to .
Next, we need to determine the limits of integration for . Since the ellipse is symmetric about the -axis, the range of values will be from to the positive value of the ellipse.
Therefore, the limits of integration for are to .
Now, we can set up the double integral to calculate the volume:
To evaluate this integral, we first integrate with respect to :
Simplifying the expression further, we have:
Finally, we can integrate with respect to :
Since the limits of integration for are to , the expression evaluates to:
Substituting the limits, we get:
Since and both evaluate to , we have:
Since any finite number multiplied by is still , we can simplify further:
Simplifying the expression inside the parentheses, we have:
Both terms inside the parentheses cancel each other out, leaving us with:
Therefore, the volume of the solid bounded by and the -plane is .