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OpenStudy (3psilon):

Help with volumes of revolution! pls .

OpenStudy (3psilon):

Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by the parabola y = -x^2/4 and the line y = -1 about the line y = -2

OpenStudy (3psilon):

what about the 1/4 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are there two lines y=-1 and y=-2?

OpenStudy (3psilon):

y = -x^2/4 and line y = -1 is one volume being rotated around y = -2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I see that, so let's approach it with a suitable sketch first: |dw:1379199671144:dw| notice the symmetry and we might be able to come up with some statements, we sure will end up with disks when we revolve around a line like y=-2, so we will want to use: \[\Large \pi \int_a^b f(x)^2dx \]

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