How do you find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the curves #y=sqrtx# and #y=x/3# rotated around the #x=-1#?

1 Answer
Oct 9, 2015

See the explanation section, below.

Explanation:

Here is a picture of the region (in blue) and the line #x=-1#.

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It shows a representative slice of thickness #dx#. The slice is taken parallel to the axis of rotation, so when we rotate we'll get cylindrical shell.
The volume of the shell is #2pirhdx#. The radius, #r#, is shown by the dotted red horizontal line. Its length is #x+1#.
The height of the shell is the greater #y# value minus the lesser #y# value. That is: #h = sqrtx-x/3#

We also need the point of intersection where #x/3=sqrt3#. Which happens at #0# and at #9#

The integral we need to evaluate is:

#int_0^9 2 pi (x+1)(sqrtx-x/3) dx#

Expand the integrand to get 4 terms in powers of #x# which is straightforward to evaluate.

#2 pi int_0^9 (x+1)(sqrtx-x/3) dx = 207/5pi#