APPLICATIONS OF DEFINITE

INTEGRAL
 SOLID OF REVOLUTION
A solid of revolution is a solid (volume) obtained by
revolving a region (or area) in a plane about a line.
VOLUME OF SOLIDS OF REVOLUTION
There are three methods for finding the volume bounded by
curves in rectangular coordinates:

1. By using disk method;

2. By using washer method; and
3. By using shell method
DISK METHOD
 DISK METHOD

𝒃 𝒃
𝟐 𝒅𝒙 𝟐 𝒅𝒚
𝑽 = 𝝅න 𝒇 𝒙 𝑽 = 𝝅න 𝒇 𝒚
𝒂 𝒂
Find the volume of the solid obtained formed by rotating 𝑦 = −𝑥 − 2 about the
𝑥 − axis from 𝑥 = 0 to 𝑥 = 2.
 ‫𝑏‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪2‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫𝑎׬ 𝜋‬ ‫𝑥 𝑓‬

‫‪2‬‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪2‬‬

‫=𝑉‬ ‫‪0‬׬ 𝜋‬ ‫‪−𝑥 − 2‬‬

‫‪2‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫‪0‬׬ 𝜋‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4‬‬

‫‪2‬‬
‫‪𝑥3‬‬
‫𝜋=𝑉‬ ‫𝑥‪+ 2𝑥 2 + 4‬‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪0‬‬
‫𝝅𝟔𝟓‬
‫=𝑽‬ ‫𝟑‬
‫𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖 𝒄𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒄‬
Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region of the curve of 𝑦 =
27𝑥 3 about the 𝑦 − axis from 𝑦 = 0 to 𝑦 = 4.
Since we are revolving the curve over the 𝑦 − axis,
3 1 1
𝑦 = 27𝑥 → 𝑥 = 𝑦3
3

𝑏 2 𝑑𝑦
𝑉= 𝜋 ‫𝑎׬‬ 𝑓 𝑦

2
4 1 1
𝑉= 𝜋 ‫׬‬0 3 𝑦 3 𝑑𝑦

𝜋 4 2
𝑉= ‫׬‬0
𝑦 3 𝑑𝑦
9

5 4
𝜋 𝑦3
𝑉= 9 5Τ3
0

𝑽 = 𝟐. 𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒄𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒄 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔

WASHER METHOD
 WASHER METHOD

𝒃 𝒃
𝟐 𝟐 𝒅𝒙 𝟐 𝟐 𝒅𝒚
𝑽 = 𝝅න 𝒇 𝒙 − 𝒈 𝒙 𝑽 = 𝝅න 𝒇 𝒚 − 𝒈 𝒚
𝒂 𝒂
Determine the volume of the solid formed by rotating the region bounded by
𝑦 = 𝑥 − 3 3 and 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 9 about the 𝑥 − axis.
Equate the two functions,
𝑥−3 2 =𝑥+9
𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 9 = 𝑥 + 9
𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 = 0
𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 7
𝑥 = 9 𝑜𝑟 16
 ‫𝑏‬ ‫‪2‬‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪2‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫𝑎׬ 𝜋‬ ‫𝑥 𝑓‬ ‫𝑥 𝑔 ‪−‬‬

‫‪7‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪2 2‬‬

‫=𝑉‬ ‫‪0‬׬ 𝜋‬ ‫‪𝑥+9‬‬ ‫‪− 𝑥−3‬‬

‫‪7‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫‪0‬׬ 𝜋‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪𝑥 2 + 18𝑥 + 81 − −𝑥 4 − 12𝑥 3 + 54𝑥 2 − 108𝑥 + 81‬‬

‫‪7‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫‪0‬׬ 𝜋‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 𝑥‪−𝑥 4 + 12𝑥 3 − 53𝑥 2 + 126‬‬

‫‪7‬‬
‫‪𝑥5‬‬ ‫‪53𝑥 3‬‬
‫‪𝑉=𝜋 −‬‬ ‫‪+ 3𝑥 4 −‬‬ ‫‪+ 63𝑥 2‬‬
‫‪5‬‬ ‫‪3‬‬
‫‪0‬‬
‫𝝅𝟒𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟏‬
‫=𝑽‬ ‫𝟓𝟏‬
‫𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖 𝒄𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒄‬
CYLINDRICAL SHELL METHOD
CYLINDRICAL SHELL METHOD

𝒃
𝑽 = 𝟐𝝅 න 𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 𝒅𝒙
𝒂
Determine the volume of the solid formed by rotating the region bounded by
𝑦 = 𝑥, 𝑦 = 2 and about the 𝑦 − axis.
 ‫𝑏‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫𝑥 𝑎׬ 𝜋‪2‬‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 𝑥 𝑓‬

‫‪4‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫𝑥 ‪0‬׬ 𝜋‪2‬‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 𝑥‬

‫‪4 3Τ‬‬
‫=𝑉‬ ‫𝑥𝑑 ‪0 𝑥 2‬׬ 𝜋‪2‬‬

‫‪5‬‬ ‫‪4‬‬
‫‪2𝑥 ൗ2‬‬
‫𝜋‪𝑉 = 2‬‬ ‫‪5‬‬
‫‪0‬‬

‫𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖 𝒄𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒄 𝟓𝟐𝟒 ‪𝑽 = 𝟖𝟎.‬‬

Determine the volume of the solid formed by rotating the region bounded by
𝑦 = 2𝑥, 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 and is rotated about the 𝑦 − axis.
Equate the two functions,
2𝑥 = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥
𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 = 0
𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 6

𝑏
𝑉= 2𝜋 ‫𝑥 𝑎׬‬ 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
6
𝑉 = 2𝜋 ‫׬‬0 𝑥 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 𝑑𝑥
6
𝑉 = 2𝜋 ‫׬‬0 𝑥 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 𝑑𝑥
6
𝑉= 6𝑥 2 − 𝑥 3 𝑑𝑥
2𝜋 ‫׬‬0
4 6
𝑥
𝑉 = 2𝜋 2𝑥 3 − 4
0
𝑽 = 𝟐𝟏𝟔𝝅 𝒄𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒄 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔