7.3 Finding Volume Using Cross Sections: Warm Up: Find The Area of The Following Figures
7.3 Finding Volume Using Cross Sections: Warm Up: Find The Area of The Following Figures
7.3 Finding Volume Using Cross Sections: Warm Up: Find The Area of The Following Figures
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Previously, we used disk and washer methods to determine the volume of figures that had circular cross sections.
Now, we will learn a method to determine the volume of a figure whose cross sections are other shapes such as semicircles, triangles, squares, etc.
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If we know the formula for the area of a cross section, we can nd the volume of the solid having this cross section with the help of the denite integral. If the cross section is perpendicular to the x!axis and it"s area is a function of x, say A(x), then the volume, V, of the solid on [ a, b ] is given by
If the cross section is perpendicular to the y!axis and its area is a function of y, say A(y), then the volume, V, of the solid on [ a, b ] is given by
Notice the use of area formulas in order to evaluate the integrals. The area formulas you will need to know in order to do this section include: Area of a Square = Area of a Triangle = Area of an Equilateral Triangle = Area of a Circle =
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Volumes with known cross sections For each of the problems do the following:
Draw the region of the base of the solid. Draw a representative slice of the solid with the correct orientation and note the thickness as dx or dy. Draw the shape of the cross section. Label the important measurements of the solid in terms of x or y looking at the base. Write dV the volume of one representative slice using geometry formulas. Write dV in terms of x or y. Write the integral for the volume V, looking at the base to determine where the slices start and stop. Use your calculator to evaluate.
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Example 1) Consider a horizontal slice through the pyramid. What would it look like?
dV =
s2 dh
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Example 2) Find the volume of the solid whose base is bounded by the circle x2 + y2 = 4, the cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis are squares.
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Example 3) Find the volume if the cross sections perpendicular to the y-axis of a right triangle are semicircles.
y = 4/3x - 3
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Example 4) Find the volume of a solid whose base is bounded by the circle x2 + y2 = 4, the cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis are equilateral triangles.
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Example 6) Find the volume of the solid whose base is bounded by y = x + 1 and y = x2 -1, the cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis are rectangles of height 5.
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Example 5) Find the volume of the solid whose base is bounded by the circle x2 + y2 = 4, the cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis are right isosceles triangles with a leg on the base of the solid.