Sunday, 19 January 2014

Find the volume of the torus generated by revolving the region bounded by the graph of the circle about the y-axis.

To find the volume of the torus generated by revolving the region bounded by the graph of circle about the y-axis, we may apply Washer method. In this method, rectangular strip representation that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation. We follow the formula  for Washer method: using a horizontal rectangular strip representation with thickness of .

The given equation: is in a form of .


We set up the function of each radius based on the following formula:


inner radius:  


Then the function for the graph from x=3 to x=4 will be: 


outer radius:  


Then the function for the graph from x=2 to x=3 will be: 


From the attached image, the boundary values of y are: and .


Plug-in the values on the formula, we set up:






Apply the basic integration property: .



From integration table, we may apply the integral formula for function with roots: 



Then,






Apply definite integral formula:  .










=  or (approximated value)

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