Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Applications of Integration - 6.4 Volume by Shells - 6.4 Exercises - Page 442: 5

Answer

$\dfrac{\pi}{6}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to compute the volume of the given curve when it is revolved around $y$-axis by using the shell method. Shell method for computing the volume of the curve: Let us consider two functions $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ (both are continuous functions) with $f(x) \geq g(x)$ on the interval $[m, n]$ and $R$ defines the region which revolves about the y-axis and is known as the region bounded by the curves $y=f(x)$ and $y=g(x)$ between the lines $x=m$ and $x=n$. Then, the volume of the solid can be expressed as: $Volume, V=\int_m^n 2 \pi x [f(x)-g(x)] \ dx$ Here, $2\pi x=\text{Shell Circumference}$ and $[f(x)-g(x)] =\text {Height of the shell}$ We are given that $y=x-x^2; y=0$ on $[0, 1]$ Thus, $V=\int_m^n 2 \pi x [f(x)-g(x)] \ dx=2 \pi \int_0^1 (x-x^2-0) \ dx$ or, $=2 \pi [ \dfrac{x^3}{3}-\dfrac{x^4}{4}]_0^1$ or, $=2 \pi [ \dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}]$ or, $=\dfrac{\pi}{6}$
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