Triple Integral in spherical coordinate

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$\displaystyle\iiint_R (x^2+y^2+z^2)^{-2}\,dx\,dy\,dz$ where $R$ is in the region in the first octant outside the sphere $x^2+y^2+z^2 = 1$;

Hi guys, I don't quite get which region is this, is it that I find the volume of this sphere and minus by the volume of the first octant? Thanks in advance.

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No. This has nothing to do with computing volumes. The idea is to compute the integral of $(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{-2}$ in the region of the first octant outside the unit sphre. Turning this into spherical coordinates, this becomes$$\int_1^\infty\int_0^{\frac\pi2}\int_0^{\frac\pi2}\frac{\rho^2\sin\varphi}{\rho^4}\,\mathrm d\theta\,\mathrm d\varphi\,\mathrm d\rho.$$Can you take it from here?