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  1. Tulian's Avatar
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    Volume of Rev
    Got stuck on one bit of this question that I'm not sure about.
    http://i.imgur.com/VwLnI.jpg

    For part 2 of this question, I can see where the second part of the equation comes from , ie the integrating from 0 to 1. This'll produce the extra bit on the left however, which I'm not sure how to find , of which the area is likely pi * e^2 .
    Last edited by Tulian; 02-06-2012 at 00:24.
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    Re: Volume around y axis
    There are two regions here.

    The 1st one is R.
    The 2nd one is R2, where R2 is the area between the curve C and the y-axis from y = 0 to y = 1.

    The volume of revolution of R2 about the y-axis is the term on the right of the expression (the integrated bit).

    The term on the left of the expression is the volume of a cylinder, centred on the y-axis, of height = 1 and radius = e.
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    Re: Volume around y axis
    Thanks,

    Oh I think I'm picturing it wrong . So is R like this , forming a shape when rotated around it, but like this ?


    And what is the formula for a cylinder again, didn't think I'd need it in C4 =/ .

    Then from that, subtract the R2 ?
    Last edited by Tulian; 01-06-2012 at 23:38.
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    No, R is already given. The red rectangle is R + R2.
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    No, R is already given. The red rectangle is R + R2.
    Sorry still confused

    Do I find whats on the left of the region R and subtract region R from it ? And the area on the left of R , how do I know its radius is e ? It hits the x axis way before e ?
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    (Original post by Tulian)
    Thanks,

    Oh I think I'm picturing it wrong . So is R like this , forming a shape when rotated around it, but like this ?


    And what is the formula for a cylinder again, didn't think I'd need it in C4 =/ .

    Then from that, subtract the R2 ?
    The cylinder formed will have radius  e and height  1

    Hence,  V = \pi r^2 h = \pi \times e^2 \times 1  = \pi e^2
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    Sorry if I sound clueless, havent seen a question like this in C4 before

    I'm finding that whole red region by using the formula .

    Then subtracting the integral for the R region ?

    Wouldn't that just give me the white part on the left though ?
    Last edited by Tulian; 01-06-2012 at 23:47.
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    (Original post by Tulian)
    Sorry if I sound clueless, havent seen a question like this in C4 before

    I'm finding that whole red region by using the formula .

    Then subtracting the integral for the R region ?

    Wouldn't that just give me the white part on the left though ?


    Integration will give the volume found by rotating the yellow region around the y-axis.


    Volume of cylinder will give the volume generated by rotating the green region around the y-axis.




    So subtracting the volume found by integration from the volume of cylinder gives the required answer.
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    Oh I see, thanks both . Got to go through C3 and C4 again to make sure I can apply it/ formulas properly

    I just got confused because usually if you rotate it around the x-axis it included the region you done the limits for right ? So when you rotate a region around the Y-Axis , the volume formed gives everything before the shape that the limits are for ? So in essence the volume formed is actually everything before the region being rotated ?
    Last edited by Tulian; 02-06-2012 at 00:02.
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    (Original post by Tulian)
    Oh I see, thanks both . Got to go through C3 and C4 again to make sure I can apply it/ formulas properly

    I just got confused because usually if you rotate it around the x-axis it included the region you done the limits for right ? So when you rotate a region around the Y-Axis , the volume formed gives everything before the shape that the limits are for ? So in essence the volume formed is actually everything before the region being rotated ?
    When we found volume in part 'a', we were rotating the area R around the x-axis. Note that the area R was bound by the x-axis, the curve and the limits.

    Now when we rotate around the y-axis, the area will be bounded by the y-axis, the limits and the curve.

    So doing  \displaystyle \int ^1 _0  e^y \ dy gives the yellow area of the below image.



    Notice that this is the area bounded by the y-axis, the curve and the limits.

    Does it makes sense?
    Last edited by raheem94; 02-06-2012 at 00:11.
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    Makes sense , thanks alot
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