Need help setting up triple integral in spherical coordinates

In summary, the problem requires using spherical coordinates to find the volume of a solid bounded by a sphere with radius 4 and a cone with a vertex at the origin and a central angle of pi/4. The triple integral setup is 0<=rho<=4, 0<=theta<=2pi, and 0<phi<=pi/4. The boundaries are determined by the limits of integration and the dV term does not need any additional components.
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Homework Statement


Use spherical coordinates to find the volume of the solid bounded above by the sphere with radius 4 and below by the cone z=(x^2 + y^2)^(1/2).

Homework Equations


All general spherical conversions
Cone should be [tex]\phi[/tex]=[tex]\pi[/tex]/4

The Attempt at a Solution


So far I think the triple integral setup is
0[tex]\leq[/tex][tex]\rho[/tex][tex]\leq[/tex]4
0[tex]\leq[/tex][tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\leq[/tex]2[tex]\pi[/tex]
0<[tex]\phi[/tex][tex]\leq[/tex][tex]\pi[/tex]/4

My question is, for dV, do I need anything more than ([tex]\rho[/tex]^2)sin[tex]\phi[/tex]d[tex]\rho[/tex]d[tex]\theta[/tex]d[tex]\phi[/tex]? Or do I need to figure out the intersection and volume that describes the area bounded above by the sphere and below the cone? Or do I already have that with my limits and standard dV question? (if I am correct so far). Any help would be great. Thanks.
 
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The boundaries are given by the limits to the integration. How did you arrive at the limits? No, they are not wrong, if the center of the sphere is at the point where all the cartesian coordinates are zero.
 
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Yup. Sphere is x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 16. So with the limits for the three variables and dV converted I am good to integrate?
 

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Spherical coordinates are a coordinate system used to describe three-dimensional points in space. They consist of a radial distance, an angle of inclination, and an angle of rotation.

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To convert a triple integral in Cartesian coordinates to spherical coordinates, you can use the following equations: x = r sin(θ) cos(φ), y = r sin(θ) sin(φ), z = r cos(θ). These equations will allow you to express the function f(x, y, z) in terms of the new variables r, θ, and φ.

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