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ATH Rea and Olume

This 4-page document provides instructions for calculating the volume and surface area of two unbounded solids of revolution. Students are asked to sketch the regions, set up improper integrals to represent the volume and surface area, and evaluate the integrals to solve for each. For the second solid, a trig substitution and u-substitution are required. Students are then asked to analyze how viewing volume as amount of paint to fill and surface area as amount to coat the surface reveals a paradox with one of the unbounded solids.

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ATH Rea and Olume

This 4-page document provides instructions for calculating the volume and surface area of two unbounded solids of revolution. Students are asked to sketch the regions, set up improper integrals to represent the volume and surface area, and evaluate the integrals to solve for each. For the second solid, a trig substitution and u-substitution are required. Students are then asked to analyze how viewing volume as amount of paint to fill and surface area as amount to coat the surface reveals a paradox with one of the unbounded solids.

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MATH 1520 A.

05: AREA AND VOLUME


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OBJECTIVE:
In this activity you will study the properties of two unbounded objects. The objects are solids of
revolution, obtained by revolving an unbounded region about the x-axis. Since they are unbounded
they cannot be constructed as physical objects. Keep this in mind as you compose your analysis.

1. Revolve the region bounded by , 0
x
y e x

= about the x-axis.


a) Sketch the unbounded region.




b) Set up the improper integral that represents the volume of the solid.


c) Calculate the volume by evaluating the integral.



d) Set up the improper integral that represents the surface area of the solid.


e) Calculate the surface area by evaluating the integral. Start with a trig substitution to handle the
radical. After simplifying you should get an integral involving ( )
3
sec ; use a table of integrals.


MATH 1520 A.05: AREA AND VOLUME
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2. Revolve the region bounded by 1/ , 1 y x x = about the x-axis.
a) Sketch the unbounded region.








b) Set up the improper integral that represents the volume of the solid.



c) Calculate the volume by evaluating the integral.





d) Set up the improper integral that represents the surface area of the solid.



MATH 1520 A.05: AREA AND VOLUME
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e) Calculate the surface area by evaluating the integral. Start with a trig substitution to handle the
radical. After simplifying you should get an integral involving
( ) ( )
( )
( ) ( )
2 2 2
cos
1
.
sin cos sin cos


=
Use a u-substitution to produce a rational integrand. This can be handled with partial fractions.


MATH 1520 A.05: AREA AND VOLUME
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ANALYSIS:
Volume can be thought of as the amount of paint required to fill an object while surface area is
related to the amount of paint required to coat the surface. When viewed this way there is an
apparent paradox with one of our objects. Your analysis should discuss this.

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