Section 2.3 · Examples · 5 of 18
Example 2.3.5: Volume of a rectangular box
Volume of a rectangular box
#Find the volume of the box shown in the figure (a cube when ) by using a triple integral.
The box occupies , , . With from Eq. (2.3.12),
Answer
which reduces to for a cube. Because the box has its faces on coordinate surfaces, all limits are constants and the order of integration is irrelevant.