Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Applications of Integration - 6.3 Volume by Slicing - 6.3 Exercises - Page 432: 60

Answer

$$V = \frac{\pi }{2}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let the functions}}{\text{, }}y = {e^{ - x}},{\text{ }}y = 0,{\text{ }}x = 0{\text{ and }}x = p > 0 \cr & {\text{The graph of the region }}R{\text{ is shown below}}{\text{.}} \cr & {\text{From the graph we can note that the interval of integration}} \cr & {\text{is from }}\left[ {0,\infty } \right) \cr & {\text{Revolving the region about the }}x{\text{ - axis}}{\text{, using the washer }} \cr & {\text{method}}{\text{.}} \cr & V = \int_a^b {\pi \left[ {f{{\left( x \right)}^2} - g{{\left( x \right)}^2}} \right]} dx \cr & {e^{ - x}} \geqslant 0{\text{ on the interval }}\left[ {0,\infty } \right) \cr & {\text{We can represent the volume as:}} \cr & V = \int_0^\infty {\pi \left[ {{{\left( {{e^{ - x}}} \right)}^2} - {{\left( 0 \right)}^2}} \right]} dx \cr & V = \pi \int_0^\infty {{e^{ - 2x}}} dx \cr & V = \pi \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to \infty } \int_0^b {{e^{ - 2x}}} dx \cr & {\text{Integrating}} \cr & V = \pi \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to \infty } \left[ { - \frac{1}{2}{e^{ - 2x}}} \right]_0^b \cr & V = \pi \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to \infty } \left[ { - \frac{1}{2}{e^{ - 2b}} + \frac{1}{2}{e^{ - 2\left( 0 \right)}}} \right] \cr & V = \pi \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to \infty } \left[ {\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2}{e^{ - 2b}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit when }}b \to \infty \cr & V = \pi \left[ {\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2}\left( 0 \right)} \right] \cr & V = \frac{\pi }{2} \cr} $$
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