What is the volume of the graph formed by the equation above?
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The symmetric matrix A of the quadratic form q ( x , y , z ) = 3 x 2 + 1 1 6 y 2 + 4 x y + z 2 = π 7 is A = ⎣ ⎡ 3 2 0 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 ⎦ ⎤ with det A = 3 4 4 . If λ k , for k = 1 , 2 , 3 , are the eigenvalues of A , then the semi-axes of the ellipsoid q ( x , y , z ) = π 7 are c k = λ k π 7 and the volume of the ellipsoid is V = 3 4 π c 1 c 2 c 3 = 3 4 π π 3 det A 7 3 = 3 7 4 3 π 1 4 , so that the sum we seek is 6 7