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Washer Method. What if cross sectional area created is not a disc?. Find the volume when the region enclosed by y = x and y = x 2 is rotated about the x-axis? - creates a horn shaped cone - area of the cone will be the outside area minus the inside area – shape of a washer. Example.
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What if cross sectional area created is not a disc? Find the volume when the region enclosed by y = x and y = x2 is rotated about the x-axis? - creates a horn shaped cone - area of the cone will be the outside area minus the inside area – shape of a washer
Example Find the volume of a solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y = x and y = x2 about the line y = 2
Example Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region bounded by the graphs and about the x-axis
Example Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region bounded by the graphs and about the line y = 2