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Set up an integral that represents the area of the surface obtained by rotating the given curve about the x-axis.

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Set up an integral that represents the area of the surface obtained by rotating the given curve about the  x-axis. Then use your calculator to find the surface area correct to four decimal places.

asked Feb 2, 2015 in CALCULUS by anonymous
reshown Feb 2, 2015 by goushi

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Step 1:

The Parametric equations are and .

Definition of the surface area:

If the curve given by the parametric equations and , is rotated about -axis, then the area of the resulting surface is given by

Consider .

Differentiate with respect to image on each side.

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Consider .

Differentiate with respect to image on each side.

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Step 2:

Substitute , image and image in surface area formula.

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By using calculator,

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Solution:

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answered Feb 9, 2015 by Lucy Mentor

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