Tuesday, 26 March 2013

calculus - Finding the surface area of a solid of revolution



I'm given the function



x=115(y2+10)3/2



and I need to find the area of the solid of revolution obtained by rotating the function from y=2 to y=4 about the xaxis.




I've tried applying the formula:



2πbaf(x)1+(f(x))2dx



where f(x)=(15x)2/310 and



f(x)=152/33x1/3(15x)2/310



but it still isn't the correct answer. Is there any way to do the problem without having to find f(x) but by just working with f(y)?




Thanks for the help


Answer



You calculated wrongly f(x): the exact value is
f(x)=(15x)3/210


But why not use the formula
A=2π42yg2(y)+1dy

since x is given as a function g(y) ?


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