Question #8f07d

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Mar 27, 2017

V= 36pi

Explanation:

Consider the line:

y= x/4

For x=12 we have y=3, so we can see that rotating this line around the x-axis in the interval x in (0,12) generates exactly the solid requested.

The element of volume generated by the cylindrical shell between x and x+dx is given by:

dV = pi y^2(x)dx = pix^2/16dx

so, integrating over the interval:

V= pi/16 int_0^12 x^2dx = pi/16 [x^3/3]_0^12 = 36pi