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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 ia Paper 3 9A d Solution by
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Close the truncated two-sheet double circular cone by the lateral circular cylinder , . Together these form the boundary of the solid in part (c); no planar caps are required because the cone meets the circular cylinder along both end circles. On the circular cylinder the outward unit normal is , so , and . Its flux integral isThe divergence theorem now gives , using the volume integral from part (c). Henceagreeing with tangency. The isolated vertex can be handled by excising a ball of radius and passing to the limit: since there and the added area is , its extra flux is and tends to zero.
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