Calculus 7.3 Day 2

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8.2
Disk and Washer Methods
Limerick Nuclear Generating Station, Pottstown,
Pennsylvania
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Suppose I start with this curve.
My boss at the ACME Rocket Company has assigned
me to build a nose cone in this shape.
So I put a piece of wood in a lathe and turn it
to a shape to match the curve.
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How could we find the volume of the cone?
One way would be to cut it into a series of thin
slices (flat cylinders) and add their volumes.
In this case
r the y value of the function
thickness a small change in x dx
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If we add the volumes, we get
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Since we will be using the disk method to rotate
shapes about other lines besides the x-axis, we
will not have this formula on the formula quizzes.
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We use a horizontal disk.
The thickness is dy.
volume of disk
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The natural draft cooling tower shown at left is
about 500 feet high and its shape can be
approximated by the graph of this equation
revolved about the y-axis
The volume can be calculated using the disk
method with a horizontal disk.
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The region bounded by and
is revolved about the y-axis. Find the volume.
If we use a horizontal slice
The disk now has a hole in it, making it a
washer.
outer radius
inner radius
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This application of the method of slicing is
called the washer method. The shape of the slice
is a circle with a hole in it, so we subtract the
area of the inner circle from the area of the
outer circle.
Like the disk method, this formula will not be on
the formula quizzes. I want you to understand
the formula.
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If the same region is rotated about the line x2
The outer radius is
The inner radius is
p