The ellipse equation is
where
.
(a) Find the surface area of the ellipse rotated about its major axis.
\So the major axis is along
-axis and has length
.
The surface area of the soild obtained after rotation of the
-axis is
.
The parametric equations of the ellipse are
and
,
.

.
Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.

.
Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.

.
Substitute
and
in
.

.
Substitute
and
in
.


Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.


.
Substitute
and
.


Substitute
.

Apply the formula :
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The surface area of the ellipse rotated about its major axis is
.
(b) Find the surface area of the ellipse rotated about its minor axis.
\The ellipse equation is
where
.
So that the major axis is along
-axis and has length
.
The surface area of the soild obtained after rotation of the
-axis is
.
The parametric equations of the ellipse are
and
,
. \ \
.
Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.

.
Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.

.
Substitute
and
in
.

.
Substitute
and
in
.



Consider
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.
.
Substitute
and
.
If
then
.
If
then
.


Substitute
.


Apply the formula :
.






The surface area of the soild obtained after rotation of the minor axis is
\
.
(a)The surface area of the soild obtained after rotation of the major axis is
\
.
(b) The surface area of the soild obtained after rotation of the minor axis is
\
.