How Do You Calculate the Volume of a Solid Rotated Around x=2?

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Volume Of solids question help!

Homework Statement



i) find the area enclosed by the curves y=x^1/2 and y=x^4
ii)find the volume of the solid when the area in part (i) is rotated about the the line x=2

Homework Equations


V=PI*y^2dx


The Attempt at a Solution


wel the area is simple integral 0 to1 root x -x^.5 and i got 7/15

but I am not sure how to calculate the volume about x=2
 
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hi joe007! :smile:
joe007 said:
ii)find the volume of the solid when the area in part (i) is rotated about the the line x=2

slice the volume into horizontal "washers" of height dy, and integrate :wink:
 


Equivalent to "washers": Use "disks" to find the volume when y= x^{1/2} is rotated around the x-axis, then use "disks" to find the volume when y= x^4 is rotated around the x-axis, and subtract.
 


so its V=2PI* (integral 0 to 2) (x-2)x^0.5 -(x-2)x^4 dx
 


i think it should be from 0 to 1
 


joe007 said:
i think it should be from 0 to 1
Correct !
 
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