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Cylindrical Shells ME 2

The region bounded by the curve y = 2cos2x and the lines y = 2 and x = π/2 is rotated about the line x = π/2. Using cylindrical shells, the volume of the solid generated is found to be π2(π2 - 4) cubic units.

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Cylindrical Shells ME 2

The region bounded by the curve y = 2cos2x and the lines y = 2 and x = π/2 is rotated about the line x = π/2. Using cylindrical shells, the volume of the solid generated is found to be π2(π2 - 4) cubic units.

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The region bounded by the curve y = 2cos2x and the lines y = 2 and x = 2
is rotated about the line
x = π2 to form a solid.
Use cylindrical shells to find the volume of the solid generated.

2πrh

δx

r = π2 − x NB

h = 2 − 2cos 2x
= 2(1− cos 2x)
= 2 × 2sin 2 x
= 4sin 2 x

δ V = 2π rhδ x
= 2π ( π2 − x) × 4sin 2 x
= 8π ( π2 − x)sin 2 x
π

⌠2
V = ⎮ 8π ( π2 − x)sin 2 x dx
⌡0
π

⌠2
= 4π ⎮ ( π2 − x) × 2sin 2
x dx
⎮ 123 123
⌡0 v u′
π

⌠2
π

= 4π ⎡⎣( − x)(x − sin 2x) ⎤⎦0 − 4π ⎮ (−1) × (x − 12 sin 2x) dx


π
2
1
2
2

⌡0
π

⌠2
= 4π ⎮ (x − 12 sin 2x) dx
⌡0
π

= 4π ⎡⎣ 12 x 2 + 14 cos 2x ⎤⎦
2

= 4π ⎡⎣( π8 − 14 ) − (0 + 14 ) ⎤⎦
2

= 4π ( π8 − 12 )
2

= π2 (π 2 − 4) cu

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