These examples are more challenging. You may want to refer
back to these when you are working on your homework for this
section.
Example 1: We will find the
integral that will give the volume of the solid obtained by
rotating a region in the first quadrant bounded by $f(y)=4y$ and
$g(y)=y^3$ around the $y$-axis. After looking at the
graphs below, we realize that to find the smallest and largest
$y$-values of the region, we must find the intersection of $f$
and $g$: we set the curves equal to each other.
$4y=y^3$ so $y^3-4y=y(y^2-4)=y(y+2)(y-2)=0$. Since we are
in the first quadrant, the curves intersect at $y=0$ and $y=2$.
DO: Using the
graph below, try to set up this integral before reading
further. Remember, since we are rotating around the
$y$-axis, our limits of integration are $y$-values, and we
have $dy$ after the integral.
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu
Solution 1:
$\displaystyle\int_c^dA(y)\,dy=\int_0^2\pi(R^2-r^2)\,dy=\pi\int_0^2\left((4y)^2-(y^3)^2\right)\,dy$,
which we can easily compute.
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Example 2: We rotate an region
bounded by the curves $y=x^2-2x$ around the line $y=4$.
Notice that our axis of revolution is not the $x$-axis.
DO: Consider the graphs of our curves below.
Try to find the area of the washer before looking
further.
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu
Solution 2: $A=\pi(R^2-r^2)$
where $R$ and $r$ can be found by carefully looking at the graph
above. $R$ is the distance between the line $y=4$ and the
lower curve. When the curve is below the axis, its
$y$-values are negative, so the distance between the $x$-axis
and the curve is $-y=-(x^2-2x)$. We add this to 4, getting
$R=-(x^2-2x)+4$. When the curve is above the $x$-axis, its
$y$-values are positive, and we need to subtract them from 4 to
get $R=4-y=4-(x^2-2x)$. Look carefully at the graph and
see that both cases make sense. Fortunately, in either
case we get the same $R$. Similarly, we see that $r=4-x$
because $r$ is the distance between the line $y=4$ and the line
$y=x$.
We now need our intersection points. DO: Find these before reading further.
We set the curves equal to each other: $x=x^2-2x$ so
$x^2-3x=x(x-3)=0$, so our curves intersect at $x=0$ and
$x=3$.
Now we can find our integral:
$\displaystyle\int_a^b\pi\left(R^2-r^2\right)\,dx=\pi\int_0^3\left((4-(x^2-2x))^2-(4-x)^2\right)\,dx$,
which we can easily compute.
NOTICE: The only integration
formula we need to know is that $\int
\text{Area}=\text{volume}$. We compute the area by
looking at the graph(s) of the curve(s).