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53. The base of a solid is the circle \[x^2+y^2=16\] Find the volume of the solid given that the cross sections perpendicular to the x − axis are: (a) squares, (b) equilateral triangles.

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My thought process for determining the length of the square was \[S=2\sqrt{16-x^2}\] So I plugged that into \[\int\limits_{-4}^{4}(2\sqrt{16-x^2)^2}\] to find the volume. What am I doing wrong here?

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