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Homework Statement



find volume of y=4(x)^(.5) y=x, it revolves about x=17
here is my work
pi integral 0-16 (17-4(x)^(.5))^(2)-(17-x)^(2)
simplified and integrated too;
pi integral 0-16 {(50/2)x^2-(1/3)x^3-(272/3)(x)^(3/2)}
my definite integrated answer was
-768pi, but it is wrong

any help would be appreciated
thank you

Homework Equations


piR^2


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I didn't check your work very thoroughly, but I can tell that you're missing a term in your second equation so you might want to recheck your expansion and integration steps. You should have a number times x in there if you wrote your first equation correctly. Also, you might want to look at the posts on how to use LaTeX. It makes your work a lot easier to read.
 
Are you trying to do it with the method of shells or discs? I couldn't follow your steps towards the solution. Try declaring your boundries/equations before starting on a solution.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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