Volume of Solid Rotated About x=3, Region Bounded by x=1-y^4, x=0

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The discussion focuses on calculating the volume of a solid formed by rotating the region bounded by the equations x = 1 - y^4 and x = 0 about the line x = 3. The initial integral proposed, \int_0^{1} 2*pi*(3-x)(1-x)^{1/4}, is incorrect due to the need to account for both positive and negative roots of the function. The correct approach involves using the washer method to subtract the volume of the hollow body from that of the cylinder with radius R = 3, leading to the formula V = \pi \int_{-1}^1 (3^2 - r^2) dy.

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The region bounded by [tex]x = 1- y^4, x=0[/tex] is rotate about the line [tex]x = 3[/tex] The volume of the resulting solid is ...


here's what i done:
[tex]x = 1- y^4[/tex] in terms of y => [tex]y = (1-x)^{1/4}[/tex]


my integral:
[tex]\int_0^{1} 2*pi*(3-x)(1-x)^{1/4}[/tex]

anyone know what i have done incorrectly?
 
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The region bounded by [tex]x = 1- y^4, x=0[/tex] is rotate about the line [tex]x = 3[/tex] The volume of the resulting solid is ...


here's what i done:
[tex]x = 1- y^4[/tex] in terms of y => [tex]y = (1-x)^{1/4}[/tex]


my integral:
[tex]\int_0^{1} 2*pi*(3-x)(1-x)^{1/4}[/tex]

anyone know what i have done incorrectly?

This is a hollow body, you have to subtract the volume of the body with radius r = 3- x(y) in the picture from that of the cylinder of radius R=3. And integrate with respect to y as the rotational angle is parallel to the y axis.

[tex]V=\pi \int_{-1}^1 {(3^2-r^2)dy}[/tex]

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The region bounded by [tex]x = 1- y^4, x=0[/tex] is rotate about the line [tex]x = 3[/tex] The volume of the resulting solid is ...


here's what i done:
[tex]x = 1- y^4[/tex] in terms of y => [tex]y = (1-x)^{1/4}[/tex]


my integral:
[tex]\int_0^{1} 2*pi*(3-x)(1-x)^{1/4}[/tex]

anyone know what i have done incorrectly?
Normally, either the shell method or the washer method will work. In this case, you're going to have some problems with [tex](1-x)^{\frac{1}{4}}[/tex].

It's not a function since an even root has both a positive and negative root. For example:

[tex]\sqrt {1-.84}= \pm .4[/tex]

Without the bottom half of the graph, you can't find the volume. You could compensate just by finding the volume of the region bounded by x=(1-x)^(1/4), x=0, y=0, and then multiplying by two.

It would be easier to just to use the washer method, as ehild suggested.
 

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