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Find the outward flux of the vector field $F=(x^3,y^3,z^2)$ across the surface of the region that is enclosed by the circular cylinder $x^2+y^2=49$ and the planes $z=0$ and $z=2$.

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You can use the divergence theorem to evaluate the outward flux of the vector field.

Divergence theorem states the following:

In other words we can simply add up the divergence in the region bound by our surface $S$, in order to calculate the outward flux of our vector field across our surface $S$.

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Now we can apply divergence theorem:

$$\nabla\cdot\mathbf{F}=\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial z}$$

$$\nabla\cdot\mathbf{F}=3x^2+3y^2+2z$$

Now we need to simply integrate over our region so we can evaluate:$$\int_0^2 \int_{-7}^7 \int_{-\sqrt{49-y^2}}^{\sqrt{49-y^2}} 3x^2+3y^2+2z \hspace{1mm} dx dy dz$$But our integral is much easier if we use polar coordinates:$$\int_0^2 \int_{0}^{2 \pi} \int_{0}^{7} (3r^2+2z)r \hspace{1mm} dr d \theta dz$$

Evaluating this integral should get you $7339\pi$

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