Sunday, April 22, 2018

Single Variable Calculus, Chapter 7, 7.4-1, Section 7.4-1, Problem 84

Determine the volume of solid obtained by rotating the region under the curve $\displaystyle y = \frac{1}{x^2+1}$ from 0 to 3 about the $y$-axis.

By using vertical strips, and applying the shell method, notice that the strips have distance from $y$-axis as $x$ and if you rotate this length about $y$-axis, you'll get a circumference of $c = 2\pi x$. Also, the height of the strips resembles the height of the cylinder as $\displaystyle H = y_{\text{upper}} - y_{\text{lower}} = \frac{1}{x^2+1} - 0 = \frac{1}{x^2+1}$. Theus,

$
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
V &= \int^3_0 c(x) H (x) dx\\
\\
V &= \int^3_0 3(2 \pi x) \left( \frac{1}{x^2+1} \right) dx
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
$

Let $u = x^2 + 1$, then
$du = 2x dx$

Make sure that the upper and lower units are also in terms of $u$

$
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
V &= \pi \int^{(3)^2+1}_{(0)^2 +1} \frac{1}{u} du\\
\\
V &= \pi \int^{10}_1 \frac{du}{u}\\
\\
V &= \pi [ \ln u]^{10}_{1}\\
\\
V &= \pi [\ln10-\ln1]\\
\\
V &= \pi \ln(10) \text{ cubic units}
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
$

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