Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the curves y=x^3 and x-axis in the interval (1,2)?

1 Answer
Mar 21, 2017

Volume is 18 1/7pi

Explanation:

To find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the curves y=x^3, the x-axis and the lines x=1 and x=2 turn around the x-axis,

we need to find area of the curve under the curve y=x^3, between x=1 and x=2.

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As the same is rotated around x-axis, we will get the volume of the desired solid.

Hence this volume is int_1^2pi(x^3)^2dx

= int_1^2pix^6dx

= pi[x^7/7]_1^2

= pi{2^7/7-1^7/7}=(127 pi)/7=18 1/7pi