Let there be a region . What is the volume of the solid generated when is rotated around the line Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
Note: You may use a calculator for the final step of your calculation.
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Any constant lower than one will satisfy the relation of points to the region, and they will make a set of curves that lies below the curve x 1 / 4 + y 4 = 1 itself. Inverting domain and image, we would get x ( y ) = ( 1 − y 4 ) 4 , y ∈ [ − 1 , 1 ] . From volumes of rotation theory we know that volume must be:
V R = ∫ a b π [ f ( t ) ] 2 d t ,
where I = [ a , b ] is the integration interval, and f ( t ) is the function to be rotated around horizontal axis. Then:
V R = ∫ − 1 1 π [ ( 1 − y 4 ) 4 ] 2 d y
A glance at x ( y ) tells us that it's an even function, and we are integrating over a symmetrical interval. Hence:
V R = 2 π ∫ 0 1 ( 1 − y 4 ) 8 d y
Expanding the binomial we get a polynomial, which can be applied to the lower and upper extremes. Thus:
V R = 2 π ∫ 0 1 1 − 8 y 4 + 2 8 y 8 − 5 6 y 1 2 + 7 0 y 1 6 − 5 6 y 2 0 + 2 8 y 2 4 − 8 y 2 8 + y 3 2 d y
V R = 2 π ( y − 5 8 y 5 + 9 2 8 y 9 − 1 3 5 6 y 1 3 + 1 7 7 0 y 1 7 − 2 1 5 6 y 2 1 + 2 5 2 8 y 2 5 − 2 9 8 y 2 9 + 3 3 1 y 3 3 ) ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ 0 1
Therefore:
V R = 2 π ( 1 − 5 8 + 9 2 8 − 1 3 5 6 + 1 7 7 0 − 2 1 5 6 + 2 5 2 8 − 2 9 8 + 3 3 1 )
My calculus teacher would accept this answer, but on Brilliant you need to give a numerical answer. A calculator easily computes it as V R = 3 . 3 2 3