Given that you mention the divergence theorem, and that part (b) is asking you to find the downward flux through the disk
, I think it's same to assume that the hemisphere referred to in part (a) is the upper half of the sphere
.
a. Let
denote the hemispherical <u>c</u>ap
, parameterized by

with
and
. Take the normal vector to
to be

Then the upward flux of
through
is



b. Let
be the disk that closes off the hemisphere
, parameterized by

with
and
. Take the normal to
to be

Then the downward flux of
through
is


c. The net flux is then
.
d. By the divergence theorem, the flux of
across the closed hemisphere
with boundary
is equal to the integral of
over its interior:

We have

so the volume integral is

which is 2 times the volume of the hemisphere
, so that the net flux is
. Just to confirm, we could compute the integral in spherical coordinates:
