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Example Question #3981 : Calculus
Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bound by and about the y-axis using the Shell Method.
The radius of a single shell can be expressed as , the circumference can be expressed as , and the height can be expressed as .
To obtain the volume of all the shells, we integrate the overall volume. Our bounds can be found by calculating the endpoints, or where . Thus, our endpoints are at and .
Integrating, we get:
Example Question #71 : Volume
Use the Shell Method to find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region under the curve from to about the x-axis
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To use shells we relabel the curve as .
The radius of a single shell can be expressed as , the circumference can be expressed as , and the height can be expressed as .
To obtain the volume of all the shells, we integrate the overall volume. Our bounds are given as and .
Integrating, we get:
Example Question #71 : Volume
Use the Shell Method to find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region under the curve from to about the x-axis
.
To use shells we relabel the curve as .
The radius of a single shell can be expressed as , the circumference can be expressed as , and the height can be expressed as .
To obtain the volume of all the shells, we integrate the overall volume. Our bounds are given as and .
Integrating, we get:
Example Question #3982 : Calculus
Using the method of cross sections, find the volume of the solid bounded by the function
and the x-axis.
The cross sections are squares perpendicular to the x-axis.
The formula for the volume of a solid using the method of cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis on the interval is
Where is the area of the cross section.
Because the cross sections are squares with a side length of the formula becomes
In order to solve the integral we use the inverse power rule which says
Applying this rule we get
And by the corollary of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus we get
Example Question #71 : Volume
Determine the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by and about the line .
To find the endpoints, we set:
and thus, we get y=4 and y=1 as our bounds.
The area can be found by:
Integrating over our volume, we get:
Example Question #72 : Volume
Determine the volume of the solid obtaining by rotating the region bounded by and about the line .
To find the bounds, we set . Solving, we get , giving us bounds of and .
The cross sectional area is then:
Integrating, we get the volume:
Example Question #3981 : Calculus
Find the volume of the solid fo revolution formed by rotating the region formed by the x-axis and the graph of from x=0 to x=1, about the y-axis.
Example Question #74 : Volume
The region enclosed by the curves and is rotated about the x-axis. Using discs or washers, find the volume of the resulting solid.
The intersection points are (0,0) and (1,1). The cross-sectional area is calculated by finding the area between curves, using integration, getting:
The volume is therefore:
Example Question #75 : Volume
The region enclosed by the curves and is rotated about the line . Using discs and washers, find the volume of the resulting solid.
The intersection points are (0,0) and (1,1). The cross-sectional area is:
The volume is therefore:
Example Question #71 : Regions
Finding area under a curve is extremely similar to finding the volume. The volume of a cylinder is . When finding the volume of a function rotated around the x-axis, we will look at summing infinitesimal cylinders (disks). The height of each of these cylinders is , the radius of the cylinder is the function since given any x value, f(x) is the distance from the x-axis to the curve. Thus if we want to find the volume of a function f(x) between [a,b] that is rotated about the x-axis we simply use the equation .
Find the volume of the solid obtained from rotating the function about the x-axis and bounded by the y-axis and .
The bounds are since it is bounded by the y-axis and the line and the function is .
Therefore the equation is
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This gives us the answer of
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