Worked solution
Use different regions for area and revolution
The graph shows and , where the source prints .
(i) Find the area bounded by the two curves and .
(ii) Find the volume generated when the region bounded by the two curves and the y-axis is rotated by radians about the y-axis.
CJC · Lecture · Example 19
Locate the intersection
The source graphing-calculator intersection is . Denote its coordinates by . Keep full calculator precision until the final answer; the source displays rounded limits. Although the printed domain includes both endpoints, is undefined at : these are vertical asymptotes and the actual tangent domain here is .
(i) Area to the right of the intersection
For , is above . The Teacher fills square units to three significant figures. Independently, an antiderivative is on this interval.
(ii) Split the y-axis volume at the intersection height
This region lies to the left of the intersection, between the two curves and the y-axis. Rewrite the curves as and . For , the disc radius is ; for , it is . The Teacher fills cubic units to three significant figures. These are adjacent stacks of discs with inner radius zero, so add their volumes.
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Common mistakes
Part (i) and part (ii) use different bounded regions. Do not rotate the x=1 region for part (ii), or subtract the two y integrals as though they were inner and outer washers.