Find the volume of th eresulting solid by and method

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The discussion centers on calculating the volume of a solid formed by rotating the region bounded by the circle defined by the equation x² + (y - 1)² = 1 around the x-axis and y-axis. The user initially struggled with identifying the bounded region and correctly solving for x and y. It was clarified that the equation represents a circle with a radius of 1 centered at (0, 1), leading to the conclusion that the volume of the resulting solid is 4π/3, which corresponds to the volume of a unit sphere.

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The region bounded by the curves is rotated about the specified axis. Find the volume of th eresulting solid by and method.

x^2 + \left( {y - 1} \right)^2 = 1

First question want it rotated about the x-axis, the second question wants it rotated about the y-axis.

So I re-write it in terms of x. Seems easier than in terms of y since there's only 1 x term.
x = \sqrt { - y^2 + 2y} <br />


The problem is when I graph it,
6_3_41b.GIF


So nothing is bounded. There is no solid to rotate. Should I have solved in terms of y instead? How would I do that?
 
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Don't you need to take both the positive and negative square roots?
 
cepheid said:
Don't you need to take both the positive and negative square roots?
Thanks for your reply.

It still seems like there is no bounded region. All the other problems in this section give a second curve, usually a line like y=2, just to bound the curve. What am I doing wrong? Did I properly solve for x?
6_3_41c.GIF
 
You have lost a "sign". x2+ (y-1)2= 1 is obviously a circle of radius 1 with center at (0, 1), not the hyperbola you show.

x= \pm \sqrt{1-(y-1)^2}= \pm \sqrt{2y- y^2}
and
y= 1\pm \sqrt{1- x^2}
 
lol... and I should have recognized that the answer in the back of the book, 4pi/3 is the volume of a unit sphere. Without the r^3 in the formula I didn't recognize it.

Thanks, Halls
 

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