How do you use the shell method to set up and evaluate the integral that gives the volume of the solid generated by revolving the plane region y=16x2 and 0x4 rotated about the x-axis?

1 Answer
Oct 28, 2016

The volume is 546.1

Explanation:

The volume of a shell is surface area multiplied by thickness
The surface area is πy2
And the volume is =surface area x thickness

dV=πy2dx
y=16x2
so y2=25632x2+x4

The volume is V=π40(25632x2+x4)dx

V=π(256x32x33+x55)40
V=π(256432643+10245)
V=π(102420483+10245)=546.1