Volume method, having trouble picturing

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So I know it is the "washer" method...but because the book says it is.

The region enclosed by [tex]x=y^2[/tex] and [tex]x=y+1[/tex] revolved around the y-axis.

Now I think I see it , but is it a "hollow" washer because my bounds y=-1 and y=2 (where the curves intersect) are not ON the axis, thus my coss sections are not disks...

that is to say "the region between the points of intersection and the y-axis does not get "swept out" during the revolution"...

I know this is tricky without a diagram,
thanks,
Casey
 
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