Variable substitution with 3 variables

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I'm trying to determine the following triple integral $$ \iiint_{K}\left[\left(x - a\right)^{2} + \left(y - b\right)^{2} + \left(z - c\right)^2\right]{\rm d}x\,{\rm d}y\,{\rm d}z,\quad K = \left\{\left(x,y,z\right): x^{2} + y^{2} + z^{2} \leq 1\right\}. $$

I tried the following variable substitution $$\begin{cases} x = r\sin\left(\theta\right)\cos\left(\varphi\right) + a \\[1mm] y = r\sin\left(\theta\right)\sin\left(\varphi\right) + b \\[1mm] z = r\cos\left(\theta\right) + c \end{cases}$$ with $$ 0<r<1 \quad , \quad 0< \theta < \pi \quad , \quad 0 < \varphi < 2\pi $$ and I'm getting $4\pi/5$, which is wrong, the answer should be $4\pi/5 + 4\pi\left(a^{2} + b^{2} + c^{2}\right)/3$, but I can't really find where I missed up !.

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By using your change of coordinates and the given limits you are not evaluating the given integral, but $\iiint_K (x^2+y^2+z^2) dxdydz$. The correct limits are different and not so easy to find.

On the other hand, by expanding the squares, we split the integral into three terms, $$\begin{align} I&=\iiint_K ((x-a)^2+(y-b)^2+(z-c)^2) dxdydz \\ &=\iiint_K (x^2+y^2+z^2) dxdydz -2\iiint_K (ax+by+cz) dxdydz\\ &\qquad+(a^2+b^2+c^2) \iiint_K 1 dxdydz \end{align}$$ and the integral in the middle is zero by symmetry (for instance $\iiint_K ax dxdydz=0$ because the integrand function is $x$-odd and $K$ is symmetric with respect to the plane $x=0$).

Finally, using the spherical coordinates (centered at the origin), $$I=2\pi\int_{r=0}^1\int_{\phi=0}^\pi r^2\cdot r^2\sin(\phi) drd\phi+0+(a^2+b^2+c^2)|K|=\frac{4\pi}{5} +\frac{4\pi}{3}(a^2+b^2+c^2).$$