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Homework Statement
Hi there, I have this project I need some help with. My group and I must calculate the volume of a lemon using three methods:
a) A Rotation of a Riemann Sum resulting in ‘discs’. Any type (left, right, midpoint, or trapezoid) is acceptable, although some are considerably more difficult.
b) Modeling the lemon’s shape using a function (or series of functions) and rotating it around the x-axis
c) Rotating a function around the y-axis using the cylinder method.
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-For method a, we decided to do a trapezoidal sum.
-On method b, we are currently stuck on trying to model the lemon onto a graph.
-We have yet to start working on method c.
-Our main problem with this project is how to create an equation for our lemon.
-The lemon is 12.5 cm in length and 20.955 cm in width.
Homework Equations
Trapezoid sum equation:
-= 16 [a]=0
Model Equation:
Work in Progress
Rotation along x and y axis:
Work in Progress
The Attempt at a Solution
Trapezoid sum: uploading image soon
-Using graphmatica and Wolfram 8 to model the Lemon. No success so far.
-Have yet to rotate lemon around x and y axis.
-Thanks for the help!
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