B How did Cavalieri get his formula for the area underneath a parabola?

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I know he had this ratio:

But how did he get this:

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I know he had this ratio:
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But how did he get this:
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The result uses a formula for the sum of squares.
$$\sum_{k=1}^m k^2 = \frac{m(m + 1)(2m + 1)}6$$
Replace $1^2 + 2^2 + \dots + m^2$ in your first equation by the above, and you will get the result shown in the second equation.