Prototype Calculus Question
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Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the area enclosed by and
around the x-axis.
| Foundations |
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| • Choose either shell or washer method. |
| • Find the appropriate radii. |
| • Determine the bounds of integration by finding when both functions have the same y value. |
| • Using the determined values, set up and solve the integral. |
Solution:
| Step 1: |
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| Since we are rotating around the x-axis, the washer method would utilize tall rectangles with dx as their width. This seems like a reasonable choice, as these rectangles would be trapped between our two functions, allowing us to solve a single integral. |
| Step 2: |
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| Since our rectangles will be trapped between the two functions, and will be rotated around the x-axis (where Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=0 } ,) we find |
| the inner radius is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r = 5-x } , represented by the blue line, while |
| the outer radius is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle R = 25-x^2 } , represented by the red line. |
| Step 3: |
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| We must set the two functions equal, and solve. More to follow... |