Calc Volume of Disk - Rotate Region Bounded by y=1+secx, y=3 About y=1

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Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the given curves about the specified line.

y= 1 + secx, y=3, about y=1

Set up:
1-1+secx= secx
1-3= -2

A(x)= \pi(secx)^2\,-\,\pi(-2)^2
=\pi(sec^2 x - 4)

<br /> \pi\int_{\frac{-\pi}{3}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}}\,(4-\sec^2x)\,dx<br />

All in all I come out with \pi(4\pi/3 - \sqrt{3})

The answer at the end of the book is telling me 2pi rather than pi, I can't figure out why. Can anyone explain this to me? THanks.
 
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Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the given curves about the specified line.

y= 1 + secx, y=3, about y=1

Set up:
1-1+secx= secx
1-3= -2

A(x)= \pi(secx)^2\,-\,\pi(-2)^2
=\pi(sec^2 x - 4)

<br /> \pi\int_{\frac{-\pi}{3}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}}\,(4-\sec^2x)\,dx<br />

All in all I come out with \pi(4\pi/3 - \sqrt{3})

The answer at the end of the book is telling me 2pi rather than pi, I can't figure out why. Can anyone explain this to me? THanks.
I think you probably made a sign error somewhere. Since your integrand is an even function, you can integrate between 0 and pi/3 and double that result.
This gives the right value.
2\pi\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{3}} (4-sec^2(x))~dx
 
AHHHH! I am usually super careful with keeping an eye out for the even/odd functions! THat makes it perfectly obvious, thanks a lot.
 
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