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Find the volume of an ellipse [tex]\frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1[/tex] after being rotated over the x-axis.
The volume of an ellipse defined by the equation \(\frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1\) when rotated about the x-axis is calculated using the formula \(V = \pi ab^2\). Here, \(a\) represents the semi-major axis and \(b\) denotes the semi-minor axis. To determine the volume, one must first identify the value of \(x\) by setting \(y = 0\), resulting in \(x = a\). The final volume formula simplifies to \(V = \pi a^2 b^2\) after substituting the appropriate values.
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