Is my integral for the volume of a solid by rotating y=2/x around y=-1 correct?

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The integral for the volume of a solid formed by rotating the curve y=2/x around the line y=-1 is correctly derived using the formula (2/x + 1)^2 - (0 + 1)^2, leading to the integral -4/x + 4ln(x). After evaluating the integral from x=1 to x=3, the result simplifies to pi(8/3 + 4ln(3)). This confirms that the expressions pi(8/3 + log(81)), 8pi/3 + 4pi log(3), and 4/3pi(2 + 3log(3)) are equivalent representations of the same volume. The key takeaway is the simplification of logarithmic terms and the importance of correctly applying limits in definite integrals.

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Okay, so, we have

y=2/x, y=0, x=1, x=3 and it's rotating around y=-1

As I understand it... This means

(2/x +1)^2-(0+1)^2
(4/x^2 + 4/x)

The integral of that is

-4/x + 4ln(x)

Am I right so far?

Plug in the 3, and then the 1

-4/3 + 4ln(3) - -4+4ln(1)

Then the result of that is multiplied by pi

This is where I'm missing something. I tried wolfram, it's coming up with pi(8/3+log(3))?

Is that right? My first answer was pi(8/3+log(81)) but that wasn't right.
 
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You have the right answer, if you just simplify some...combine the two numbers and observe that ln(1) = 0. I'm not sure what command you used with W|A, but that result is not correct. To avoid confusion, you should write:

-4/3 + 4ln(3) -( -4+4ln(1))
 
It does simply down to 8/3+4ln(3)

But what does that become when multiplied by pi?

One of several options wolfram shows is indeed pi(8/3+log(81))

It also comes back with 8pi/3 + 4pi log(3)

And 4/3pi(2+3log(3))

I'm trying to verify I at least got up to a certain point right.
 
Note that:

$$4\ln(3)=\ln\left(3^4\right)=\ln(81)$$

They are all just different ways to write the same thing.
 

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