How to Find Volume Under z=4x and Over a Given Area?

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find volume that is under z = 4x and over area D that is being blocked by y=x^2 y=0 and x=1

for y = 0 x must be 0 because y = x^2

so x will go from 0 to 1

y will go from 0 to x^2

but what about z? Will it go from 0 to 4x or should I say

z = 4x
y = x^2

that means y = z^2/16 => z = +/-4y

so z will be from -4y to 4y

here are the integrals

[PLAIN]http://www4a.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP78419b3422a5ih9i1h4000014hgdh31a28gi7dh?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=52&w=206&h=42

or

[PLAIN]http://www4a.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP82019b343dd21edg47g00000i387ecif97gh4gf?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=43&w=182&h=39

thanks in advance
 
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The first form is incorrect. y is not equal to x^2 throughout the region, only at the top boundary. z=4x on the entire region so the second integral is correct.
 
thank you again i don't know what happened to the pictures, they suddenly disappeared (wolfram alpha deleted them too)

thanks
 
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