Chap 6.

- 1 -

Chapter 6. Applications of integration.

§ 6.2. Volumes
1. Find the volume of the described solid  .
“The base of  is an elliptical region with boundary curve       . Cross-sections
perpendicular to the -axis are isosceles right triangles with hypotenuse in the base.”
Sol. For a fixed , the cross-sectional area is

         

 
             .
 

Volume        




        



2. Find the volume of the sphere with radius .

Sol. For a fixed , the cross-sectional area is

                  

Volume        

 

 

        





3. Find the volume of the solid.

Sol. Let      . Consider the circular disk        ≤  .

The solid is obtained by rotating the circular disk about the -axis.
For a fixed , the cross-sectional area is
  
                           .


Thus      

  
               .

 

(area of the disk:  )

4. Find the volume common to two spheres, each with radius , if the center of each sphere lies
on the surface of the other sphere.
Sol. Consider the sphere  with radius  in Figure.
Let   be the volume of the solid that lies inside the sphere 

such that  ≤  ≤ . The volume  of the given solid is   .


For a fixed ∈    , the cross-sectional area is


                  .
 

Thus               




.


Chap 6. - 2 -


5. Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by        and

the -axis about the -axis.

Sol.        ⇒     .


 
 
 
      

      .



    ln  
 
Chap 6. - 3 -

§ 6.3. Volumes by cylindrical shells.

1. Let  be the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by        and -axis about
the -axis. Find the volume of the solid  .
Sol.
 

  
             




2.(a) Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region
bounded by the curves       ,    about the  -axis.
Sol.       ⇒    
 
                  





(b) Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region

bounded by the curves    ,   ,   .    about the  -axis.

  
 
Sol.         
  
         
 


  

3.(a) Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region
bounded by the curves     ,   ,    about the -axis.
 
 
Sol.         
 

         
 

(b) Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region
bounded by the curves     ,       about the -axis.
Sol.         ⇒     
 
 
               




              
 

4. Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region bounded
by the given curves about the specified axis.
(a)            about   

Sol.       ⇒               





   


         

Chap 6. - 4 -

(b)            about   

Sol.       ⇒      ,  

               



   
         


5. A solid is obtained by rotating the region bounded by       and -axis about the specified
axis. Find the volume of the solid.
(a) About -axis (b) About -axis
Sol. (a) method of cylindrical shell
     ⇒    
 
             
 


(b) method of disk

      ⇒    
  

     



        
           


6. A solid is obtained by rotating the region bounded by    and       about the specified
axis. Find the volume of the solid.
(a) About    (b) About   
Sol. (a) method of cylindrical shell
       ⇒     
 

  
                  
            

(b) method of disk
       ⇒     

   
                 


    


     
