Question

How do I find the volume of a disk in a cone?

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=hwh1s9&s=8#.Ux_nnfldVqU

Answer 1

we can find the volume of disk that way,
reading the question again... looks like the question is asking us to setup integral for volume of big cone only

Answer 2

look \(\Delta x\) is the thickness of slice for volume element

Answer 3

ok. ill clean up my mess, lol.

please take over ^_^

Answer 4

noo, plz continue...

Answer 5

not sure how to do it if not the way i pulled out my pocket

Answer 6

just going to put this out there, the question asks for equation for the volume of a disk, the equation for the total volume of all disks (which will be an integral). does that help at all?

Answer 7

yup