Volume of Solids using Polar functions

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Let V V be the volume formed when the region inside both r = 1 + cos ( θ ) r = 1 + \cos(\theta) and r = 1 cos ( θ ) r = 1 - \cos(\theta) is rotated about the x - axis.

Let V s V_{s} be the volume of a unit sphere.

If V V s = a b \dfrac{V}{V_{s}} = \dfrac{a}{b} , where g c f ( a , b ) = 1 gcf(a,b) = 1 , find a + b a + b .


The answer is 3.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
Jul 1, 2018

Note: The volume V = 2 π R y d y d x = V = 2\pi\int \int_{R} y dydx = 2 π θ 1 θ 2 0 r ( θ ) r 2 sin ( θ ) d r d θ = 2\pi\int_{\theta_{1}}^{\theta_{2}} \int_{0}^{r(\theta)} r^2\sin(\theta) dr d\theta = 2 π 3 θ 1 θ 2 ( r ( θ ) ) 3 sin ( θ ) d θ \dfrac{2\pi}{3}\int_{\theta_{1}}^{\theta_{2}} (r(\theta))^3 \sin(\theta) d\theta .

r = 1 cos ( θ ) r = 1 - \cos(\theta) on the branch ( 0 θ π 2 ) (0 \leq \theta \leq \dfrac{\pi}{2}) and r = 1 cos ( θ ) r = 1 - \cos(\theta) on the branch ( π 2 θ π ) (\dfrac{\pi}{2} \leq \theta \leq \pi) \implies

V = 4 π 3 ( 0 π 2 ( 1 cos ( θ ) ) 3 sin ( θ ) d θ + π 2 π ( 1 + cos ( θ ) ) 3 sin ( θ ) d θ ) V = \dfrac{4\pi}{3}(\int_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi}{2}} (1 - \cos(\theta))^3 \sin(\theta) d\theta + \int_{\dfrac{\pi}{2}}^{\pi} (1 + \cos(\theta))^3 \sin(\theta) d\theta) .

I 1 = 0 π 2 ( 1 cos ( θ ) ) 3 sin ( θ ) d θ = 0 π 2 ( 1 3 cos ( θ ) + 3 cos 2 ( θ ) c o s 3 ( θ ) ) sin ( t h e t a ) d θ = I_{1} = \int_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi}{2}} (1 - \cos(\theta))^3 \sin(\theta) d\theta = \int_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi}{2}} (1 - 3\cos(\theta) + 3\cos^2(\theta) - cos^3(\theta)) \sin(theta) d\theta =

cos ( θ ) + 3 2 cos 2 ( θ ) cos 3 ( θ ) + 1 4 cos 4 ( θ ) 0 π 2 = 1 4 -\cos(\theta) + \dfrac{3}{2}\cos^2(\theta) - \cos^3(\theta) + \dfrac{1}{4}\cos^4(\theta)|_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi}{2}} = \dfrac{1}{4}

Similarly, I 2 = π 2 π ( 1 + cos ( θ ) ) 3 sin ( θ ) d θ = ( cos ( θ ) 3 2 cos 2 ( θ ) cos 3 ( θ ) 1 4 cos 4 ( θ ) 0 π 2 = 1 4 I_{2} = \int_{\dfrac{\pi}{2}}^{\pi} (1 + \cos(\theta))^3 \sin(\theta) d\theta = (-\cos(\theta) - \dfrac{3}{2}\cos^2(\theta) - \cos^3(\theta) - \dfrac{1}{4}\cos^4(\theta)|_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi}{2}} = \dfrac{1}{4}

V = 4 π 3 ( I 1 + I 2 ) = 4 π 3 ( 1 2 ) = 1 2 V s \implies V = \dfrac{4\pi}{3}(I_{1} + I_{2}) = \dfrac{4\pi}{3}(\dfrac{1}{2}) = \dfrac{1}{2}V_{s} \implies V V s = 1 2 = a b a + b = 3 \dfrac{V}{V_{s}} = \dfrac{1}{2} = \dfrac{a}{b} \implies a + b = \boxed{3} .

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