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    Cylindrical Shells ME 2

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    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

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    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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    Solution to a problem in the Mathematics Extension 2 course using the Method of Cylindrical Shells

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    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 = 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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    π

    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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