Find the maximum possible value of the following integral over all possible regions If your answer is of the form , where and each fraction is in its lowest terms, find
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The integral will be greatest when E is the largest region for which the integrand is non-negative, namely the ellipsoid E ^ : x 2 + 2 y 2 + 3 z 2 ≤ 1 . The change of variables ξ = x , η = 2 y , ζ = 3 z makes this greatest integral equal to ∭ E ^ ( 1 − x 2 − 2 y 2 − 3 z 2 ) d x d y d z = 6 1 ∭ ξ 2 + η 2 + ζ 2 ≤ 1 ( 1 − ξ 2 − η 2 − ζ 2 ) d ξ d η d ζ = 6 1 ∫ 0 1 d r ∫ 0 π d θ ∫ 0 2 π ( 1 − r 2 ) r 2 s i n θ = 6 4 π ∫ 0 1 ( r 2 − r 4 ) d r = 6 4 π × 1 5 2 = 1 5 4 π 3 2 making the answer 4 + 1 5 + 2 + 3 = 2 4 .