Integrate by parts twice to show that The diagram below shows the shaded region that is bounded by part of the curve , the line and the -axis. The line cuts the curve and the -axis at and respectively. Show that the volume generated when region is rotated radians about the -axis is given by , where , and are constants to be determined.
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3(a)
1. Set up and apply the first integration by parts.
Let .
Using the integration by parts formula , we choose and .
Then and .
2. Apply integration by parts a second time on the new integral.
For the remaining integral , we apply integration by parts again, choosing and .
Then and .
3. Substitute the result of the second integration back to form an equation in terms of the original integral.
Substitute this result back into the expression for :
Recognising that the original integral has reappeared on the right-hand side, we replace with :
4. Solve algebraically for the original integral to obtain the final expression.
Bring all terms involving to the left-hand side:
Divide by 5 and add an arbitrary constant of integration :
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3(b)
1. Set up the volume as (solid under curve) − (cone under line)
The curve meets the -axis at the origin (where ) and reaches . The region is bounded below by the -axis from to , on the right by the line from to , and above by the curve. Rotating about the -axis:
Here .
2. Evaluate the curve volume using part (a)
Using part (a), :
3. Simplify the curve volume to the required form
This is the term with , .
4. Compute the cone volume and combine
The line from to generates a cone of radius and height :
Therefore
so , , .
so , , (cone with , ).
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