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How to Find Volume by Spinning: Disk Method

How to Find Volume by Spinning: Disk Method

TL;DR: Spin a curve around the x-axis and you get a solid made of thin circular disks stacked together. The disk method adds them all up. Each disk has a radius equal to f of x and a thickness of dx, so its tiny volume is pi times that radius squared times dx. Integrate from […]