Mass with triple integral

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The triple integral that represents the mass of a solid right circular cylinder $T$ of radius $4$ and height $3$ given that the density varies directly with half the distance from the axis of the cylinder is :

This is an easy question but I got confused a bit about"density varies directly with half the distance from the axis of the cylinder" this will be density. Is means $r^=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}\cdot 1/2.$ If so, this answer is $$\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^{4}\int_0^{3} r^3 dz dr d\theta$$ Is that correct?

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It seems to me that to say that “the density varies directly with half the distance from the axis of the cylinder” means that the function that should be $\frac12\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$ (as you wrote), and then the integral should be$$\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^4\int_0^3\frac12r^2\,\mathrm dz\,\mathrm dr\,\mathrm d\theta.$$