How do I find the volume of a solid of revolution using the Shell method?

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Homework Statement



Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y=2x2-x3 and y=0 about the y-axis


Homework Equations



There no required method (between Disk, Washer, Shell). In my attempt below, I used the Shell method, I believe. 2π(shell radius)(shell height)dx



The Attempt at a Solution



I graphed the equation and ended up with V = ∫20 2π(x)(2x2-x3)dx

V =2π*limit 0 to 2* (2x3-x4)dx

V = 2π *limit 0 to 2* x4/2 - x5/5

V =2π (1/2 - 1/5)
V= 3π/5

Am I on the right track or did I mess up horribly in the setup? I feel like the area where I might have made a mistake was the limits I set... and still getting used to the functions on here lol sorry
 
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Heroesrule99 said:

Homework Statement



Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y=2x2-x3 and y=0 about the y-axis

Homework Equations



There no required method (between Disk, Washer, Shell). In my attempt below, I used the Shell method, I believe. 2π(shell radius)(shell height)dx

The Attempt at a Solution



I graphed the equation and ended up with V = ∫20 2π(x)(2x2-x3)dx

V =2π*limit 0 to 2* (2x3-x4)dx

V = 2π *limit 0 to 2* x4/2 - x5/5

V =2π (1/2 - 1/5)
V= 3π/5

Am I on the right track or did I mess up horribly in the setup? I feel like the area where I might have made a mistake was the limits I set... and still getting used to the functions on here lol sorry

The setup looks ok to me but it looks like you are putting x=1 for the upper limit of your integral instead of x=2 when you evaluate it. Why would you do that?
 
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Ah, just a silly error. So when I plug in 2 for x rather than one. I get 8 - 6.4 = 3.2pi. But other than that it looks alright? I was worried about how I choose to set up my limits since I found the x intercept for the upper limit...but kinda sort of just guessed that the other was 0. There has to be a more technical way to go about that. @_@
 
Heroesrule99 said:
Ah, just a silly error. So when I plug in 2 for x rather than one. I get 8 - 6.4 = 3.2pi. But other than that it looks alright? I was worried about how I choose to set up my limits since I found the x intercept for the upper limit...but kinda sort of just guessed that the other was 0. There has to be a more technical way to go about that. @_@

Yes, that's fine. There are two x intercepts. Factor. 2x^2-x^3=x^2*(2-x)=0. So either x=0 or x=2.
 
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