Find the Mistake in Calculating Volume by Integration

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I have the attached problem ,and Show my answer and solution,

My answer is 3.14*(15 -8ln4)
While book answer 3.14(15+8ln)
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Can anyone point to the mistake I made?
 
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Your calculation looks correct to me. I don't see any obvious errors.
 
Your work also looks good to me.
The one thing I noticed is the answer from the book would be right if you take the negative away from the 1.

I'm guessing the book has a typo.
 
keewansadeq said:
While book answer 3.14(15+8ln)
If this is actually the book's answer, it makes no sense without something following ln.
 
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Absolutely right, but draw the function, you will see that volume is almost as his answer(using geometry not integration),and that why I am confused.
 
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Absolutely right, but draw the function, you will see that volume is almost as his answer(using geometry not integration),and that why I am confused.

If you think that the book's answer ##\pi (15+8 \ln(4))## is close to the correct answer you are very much mistaken. The correct answer is yours, except that the approximation ##\pi = 3.14## is way too crude---just leave it as symbolic ##\pi## until it comes time to evaluate the final answer numerically. Look at the following:
\begin{array}{rccc}<br /> \pi (15 - 8 \ln\,4 )&amp; \doteq &amp; 12.28251236 &amp; \doteq &amp; 12.3 \\<br /> \pi (15 + 8 \ln\,4 ) &amp; \doteq &amp; 81.96526726 &amp; \doteq &amp; 82.0 \\<br /> \pi 15 &amp; \doteq &amp; 47.12388981 &amp; \doteq &amp; 47.1<br /> \end{array}<br /> <br />
 
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Ray Vickson said:
If you think that the book's answer ##\pi (15+8 \ln(4))## is close to the correct answer you are very much mistaken. The correct answer is yours, except that the approximation ##\pi = 3.14## is way too crude---just leave it as symbolic ##\pi## until it comes time to evaluate the final answer numerically. Look at the following:
\begin{array}{rccc}<br /> \pi (15 - 8 \ln\,4 )&amp; \doteq &amp; 12.28251236 &amp; \doteq &amp; 12.3 \\<br /> \pi (15 + 8 \ln\,4 ) &amp; \doteq &amp; 81.96526726 &amp; \doteq &amp; 82.0 \\<br /> \pi 15 &amp; \doteq &amp; 47.12388981 &amp; \doteq &amp; 47.1<br /> \end{array}<br /> <br />
You are right his answer is not logical,

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