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Here is an example using a
cylinder
Find the volume of the cylinder
using the formula and slicing
with respect to the x-axis.
A = tr
2
A = t2
2
= 4t
}
6
2
4 dx t
| t t t t t t 16 8 24 ) 2 ( 4 ) 6 ( 4 4
6
2
= = = = x
Now use the formula you learned in
Geometry to find the area
V=t r
2
h=t(2
2
)(4) = 16 t
You can also work problems like
these with respect to the y-axis.
Volume of solids of revolution using
disks
If you take the area under the line y = x
from 0 to 4 it will look like the diagram
below
4
If you rotate this area around the x-axis
it will form a cone (see below diagram)
4
Now use the formula below to find the
volume of the 3-D figure formed by
rotating around the x-axis.
http://www.plu.edu/~heathdj/java/calc2/Solid.html
This method is called disks when revolved
around the x-axis ( note: it is sliced with
respect to the x-axis and is revolved
around the x-axis)
Formula for finding the volume of the solid
formed when f(x) is revolved around the x-
axis
Each slice is a circle, the formula for the
area of a circle is A=t r
2
. The radius is the
y-value of the function AKA f(x). So, the
area formula becomes A=t (f(x))
2
Substitute into the formula
( ) dx x f dx x A
b
a
b
a
} }
=
2
) ( ) ( t
Equation y = x from 0 to 4
With geometry V = 1/3 t (4
2
)(4)=64t/3
4
With Calculus
3
64
0
3
64
3
) (
4
0
3
4
0
2
t
t t t =
|
.
|
\
|
=
(
(
=
}
x
dx x
Your turn
p. 410 # 6. find the volume of the solid that
results when the region enclosed by the
given curves is revolved around the x-axis
y = sec x, x = , x = , y = 0
4
t
3
t
Use the formula
( ) dx x f
b
a
}
2
) ( t
( ) | |
|
.
|
\
|
= =
}
4
tan
3
tan tan sec
3
4
3
4
2
t t
t t t
t
t
t
t
x dx x
( ) t t t = 3 1 3