Finding the radii of an ellipse from the intersection of a plane and a sphere

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I'm trying to solve the following problem, regarding Stokes Theorem:

$F = z i + xj + yk $; C the curve of intersection of the plane $x + y + z = 0$ and the sphere $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1$ [Hint: Recall that the area of an ellipse $x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1$.]

I know that whenever we have a plane that intersects with sphere, this intersection produces a curve that has the form of an ellipse. Knowing this how can you determine the radii of said ellipse?

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If you want to find the intersection of these two surfaces.

Either say: $z = -x-y$ and plug this into the the equation for the sphere. $x^2 + y^2 + x^2 + 2xy + y^2 = 1\\ 2x^2 + 2y^2 + 2xy = 1$

Which is an elipse rotated 45 degrees off from standard, and rotate it back if you wish...This is the projection of the intersection on the xy plane.

Or say. $(\frac{\sqrt 2}{2}, -\frac{\sqrt 2}{2},0)$ and $(0,\frac{\sqrt 2}{2}, -\frac{\sqrt 2}{2})$ lie on the intersection of the two surfaces.

$(x,y,z) = (\frac{\sqrt 2}{2}, -\frac{\sqrt 2}{2},0) \cos t + (0,\frac{\sqrt 2}{2}, -\frac{\sqrt 2}{2}) \sin t$

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$x = \frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos t\\ y = -\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos t +\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \sin t\\ z = -\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \sin t$

Is a parametric equation of the curve.

To apply stokes theorem...

$\int (-\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \sin t)(-\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \sin t) + (\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos t)(\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \sin t +\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos t)+(-\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos t +\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \sin t)(-\frac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos t) dt = \iint curl F \,dA$

And you can use the hemisphere or the circle and get the same answer. I would use the circle.