Practice Problems on Volumes of Solids of Revolution

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Find the volume of each of the following solids of revolution obtained by rotating the indicated regions.

a. Bounded by y = 1/x, y = 2/x, and the lines x = 1 and x = 3 rotated about the x-axis.

3
2 2
Disk: V =  ∫ {(2/x) - (1/x) } dx = 2
1

b. The region in the preceding problem rotated about the line y = -1.

3
2 2
Disk: V =  ∫ {(2/x + 1) - (1/x + 1) } dx = (2 + 2 Ln 3)
1

c. Bounded by y = 1/x, y = 2/x, and the lines x = 1 and x = 3 rotated about the y-axis. (Previous region)
2 1 2/3
2 2 2 2 2 2
Disk: V =  ∫ {(2/y) - 1 } dy +  ∫ {(2/y) - (1/y) } dy +  ∫ {3 - (1/y) } dy = 4
1 2/3 1/3
3
Cylindrical Shell: V = 2 ∫ x{2/x - 1/x} dx = 4
1

d. Use the Cylindrical Shell Method to find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y =
2
1 - x , the x-axis, and the y-axis in the first quadrant rotated about the y-axis.
1 1
2 2 2 3/2
V = 2 ∫ x 1 - x dx = -  (1 - x ) | = 2/3 
0 3 0

2x -2x
e. Bounded by y = e and y = e on [0, 2] rotated about the x-axis.
 2 8 -8
2x 2 -2x 2 e +e -2
Disk: V =  ∫ {(e ) - (e ) } dx = 
0 4

f. The region in the preceding problem rotated about the y-axis. (Set up the integral only, but do not integrate.)
2
2x -2x
Cylindrical Shell: V = 2 ∫ x{e -e } dx
0
e4 1 1
1
2 2 2 2
Disk: V =  ∫ {2 - ( Ln y ) } dy +  ∫ {2 - (- Ln y) } dy 
1 2 e-4 2
g. The region above y = sin x and below y = 1 on [0, /2] (yellow region below) rotated about the x-axis. (Set up the
integral only, but do not integrate.)

/2
2
Disk: V =  ∫ [1 - sin x] dx
0
1
Cylindrical Shell: V = 2 ∫ x*arcsin x dx 
0

h. The region below y = sin x and above the x-axis on [0, /2] (green region in the preceding problem) rotated
about the y-axis. (Set up the integral only, but do not integrate.)
/2
Cyndrical Shell: V = 2 ∫ x {sin x} dx
-/2
1
Disk: V =  ∫ {(/2)2 - (arcsin y)2} dy
0

i. The region below y = sin x and y = cos x but above the x-axis on [0, /2]. (Set up the integral only, but do not
integrate.)
 /4 /2
2 2
Disk:  ∫ {sin x} dx +  ∫ {cos x} dx
0 /4
2/2
Cylindrical Shell: 2 ∫ y*{arccos y - arcsin y} dy
0

j. The region in the preceding problem rotated about the y-axis. (Set up the integral only, but do not integrate.)

2/2 2/2
2 2 2 2
Disk:  ∫ { (/4) - (arccos y) } dy +  ∫ { (arcsin y) - (/4) } dy
0 0
/4 /2
Cylindrical Shell: 2 ∫ x sin x dx + 2 ∫ x cos x dx
0 /4

2 4
k. The region bounded by y = 4 - x and y = x + 2 rotated about the x-axis.
1
2 2 4 2 776
Disk: A = ∫ {(4 - x ) - (x + 2) ) dx =
-1 45