7.

Solids of Revolution
 The development of the volume created by rotating region
between the x-axis and the curve y = x, with x
between 1 and 4 about the y-axis.
http://clem.mscd.edu/~talmanl/MOOVs/VolReY/VolReY.MOV

The development of the volume created by the region between

the x-axis, x = 0, x = 2, and the curve y  2  sin x
is revolved about the x-axis
http://clem.mscd.edu/~talmanl/MOOVs/VolOfRev02/VolOfRev02.mov

The development of the volume created by the region between

2
the x-axis and the curve y  is revolved
1  x  22

about the x-axis.
http://clem.mscd.edu/~talmanl/MOOVs/VolRevX2/VolRevX2.MOV
Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions
bounded by y  x  x 2 and y  0 about the x-axis.

1 1


  r dx    x  x
2

2 2
dx
0 0
Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions
bounded by y  3x  x 2 and y  0 about the x-axis.

0 0


  r dx    3x  x
2

2 2
dx
3 3
Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions
bounded by y  21 x, x  0, y  2 about the y-axis.

2 2

  r dy     2y  dy
2 2

0 0
Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions
bounded by y  2sin2x, 0  x  2 about the x-axis.

/2 /2

  2sin2x  dx
2
  r dx  
2

0 0
Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions
bounded by y  3  x 2 , y  1 about the line y = -1.

2 2

  3  x    1 
2
  r dx   
2 2
dx
2 2
 NO CALCULATOR

Let R be the first quadrant region enclosed by the graph of

y  2e  x and x  k

a) Find the area of R in terms of k.

b) Find the volume of the solid generated when R is

rotated about the x-axis in terms of k.
c) What is the volume in part (b) as k approaches infinity?
Let R be the first quadrant region enclosed by the graph of
y  2e  x and x  k

a) Find the area of R in terms of k.

k


x x k k
2e dx   2e |0  2e 2
0
Let R be the first quadrant region enclosed by the graph of
y  2e  x and x  k
b) Find the volume of the solid generated when R is
rotated about the x-axis in terms of k.
k


  2e x 2
 dx
0
k
u  2x
4  e  2x
 dx du  2dx
0
k
2  eudu
0

2e 2x |k0

2e 2k  2
Let R be the first quadrant region enclosed by the graph of
y  2e  x and x  k
c) What is the volume in part (b) as k approaches infinity?

 
lim 2e 2k  2  2
k 
 CALCULATOR REQUIRED
Let R be the region in the first quadrant under the graph of
8
y  3 for  1, 8
x

a) Find the area of R.

b) The line x = k divides the region R into two regions. If the

part of region R to the left of the line is 5/12 of the area of
the whole region R, what is the value of k?
c) Find the volume of the solid whose base is the region R
and whose cross sections cut by planes perpendicular
to the x-axis are squares.
Let R be the region in the first quadrant under the graph of
8
y  3 for  1, 8
x

a) Find the area of R.

8
8

1
3
x
dx  36
 Let R be the region in the first quadrant under the graph of
8
y  3 for  1, 8
x

b) The line x = k divides the region R into two regions. If the

part of region R to the left of the line is 5/12 of the area of
the whole region R, what is the value of k?
k
8 5

1
3
x
dx 
12
 36

12x 2 / 3 |1k  15

12k 2 / 3  12  15
A
k  3.375
 Let R be the region in the first quadrant under the graph of
8
y  3 for  1, 8
x
c) Find the volume of the solid whose base is the region R
and whose cross sections cut by planes perpendicular
to the x-axis are squares.
Cross Sections

8 2
 8 
1  2 x  dx  192
The base of a solid is the circle x 2  y 2  a 2 . Each section of the
solid cut by a plane perpendicular to the x-axis is a square with
one edge in the base of the solid. Find the volume of the
solid in terms of a.

 
a 2
 2 a  x 2 2
dx
a
a


  4a 2  4x 2 dx 
a

 2 4x 3  a
  4a x   | a
 3 
16 3
a
3
 CALCULATOR REQUIRED
Let R be the region in the first quadrant that is enclosed by the
graph of f  x   ln  x  1 , the x-axis and the line x = e. What is
the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated about the
line y = -1?
A. 5.037 B. 6.545 C. 10.073 D. 20.146 E. 28.686

 
e
  ln  x  1  1   1 dx  20.14627352  D
2 2

0
Let R be the region marked in the first quadrant enclosed by
the y-axis and the graphs of y  4  x 2 and y  1  2sin x
as shown in the figure below
a) Setup but do not evaluate the
integral representing the volume
R of the solid generated when R
is revolved around the x-axis.
1.102

   4  x2    1  2sin x   dx
2 2

 
0

b) Setup, but do not evaluate the

integral representing the volume
of the solid whose base is R and
whose cross sections perpendicular
to the x-axis are squares.
1.102

  4  x    1  2sinx  
2
2
dx
0
 Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded above by the
graph of f(x) = 3 cos x and below by the graph of g  x   e x2

a) Setup, but do not evaluate, an integral expression in terms of

a single variable for the volume of the solid generated when
R is revolved about the x-axis.

 
0.836
 3 cos x 2  e x2 2
 dx
  


0

b) Let the base of a solid be the region R. If all cross sections

perpendicular to the x-axis are equilateral triangles, setup,
but do not evaluate, an integral expression of a single
variable for the volume of the solid.

 3 cos x  e 
0.836
3 2


x2
dx
4 0
The volume of the solid generated by revolving the first quadrant
region bounded by the curve y  e x / 2 and the lines x = ln 3 and
y = 1 about the x-axis is closest to
a) 2.79 b) 2.82 c) 2.85 d) 2.88 e) 2.91

ln3


   ex / 2    1  dx
2 2
 
0
The base of a solid is a right triangle whose perpendicular sides
have lengths 6 and 4. Each plane section of the solid
perpendicular to the side of length 6 is a semicircle whose
diameter lies in the plane of the triangle. The volume of the solid
in cubic units is:
a) 2pi b) 4pi c) 8pi d) 16pi e) 24pi

6 2
1  1 2 
    x   dx
2 0  2  3 
 CALCULATOR REQUIRED
The volume of the solid generated by rotating about the x-axis
the region enclosed between the curve y  3x 2 and the line
y  6x is given by
3
A.    6x  3x 
2 2
dx
0
2
B.    6x  3x 
2 2
dx
0
2
C.   9x 4  36x 2  dx
0
2
D.    36x 2  9x 4  dx
0
2
E.    6x  3x 2  dx
0
 NO CALCULATOR
The base of a solid is the region in the first quadrant bounded by
the curve y  sin x for 0  x  . If each cross section of the
solid perpendicular to the x-axis is a square, the volume of the
solid, in cubic units, is:
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4
 

 
2
sinx dx   sin xdx   cos x |0    1   1  2  C
0 0
 CALCULATOR REQUIRED
Let R be the region in the first quadrant above by the graph of
f  x   2Arc tan x and below by the graph of y = x. What is the volume
of the solid generated when R is rotated about the x-axis?
A. 1.21 B. 2.28 C. 2.69 D. 6.66 E. 7.15
 NO CALCULATOR
The base of a solid is a right triangle whose perpendicular sides
have lengths 6 and 4. Each plane section of the solid perpendicular
to the side of length 6 is a semicircle whose diameter lies in the
plane of the triangle. The volume, in cubic units, of the solid is:
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8  D. 16 E. 24
2
 2 
x
1  3 
6 6
1
   dx    x 2
dx
2 0 2  18 0
 
 3 6
 x |0
54
 4  B
 CALCULATOR REQUIRED
The volume of the solid generated by revolving the first quadrant
region bounded by the curve y  e x / 2 and the lines x = ln 3 and y = 1
about the x-axis is:
A. 2.80 B. 2.83 C. 2.86 D. 2.89 E. 2.92
 CALCULATOR REQUIRED
The region S is represented by the area between the graphs of
f  x   0.5x 2  2x  4 and g  x   2  4  4x  x 2 . Write, but do
not evaluate, a definite integral which represents:
a. the volume of a solid with base S if each cross section of
the solid perpendicular to the x-axis is a semi-circle.
  g x  f  x 
4 2


20 2 

dx

b. the volume generated by rotating region S around the line

y = 5.
4
  5  f  x     5  g  x   dx
2 2