The shaded region R bounded by the curve , the line and the x-axis is rotated about the x-axis through . Find the volume of the solid formed, leaving your answer to 2 decimal places.
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1. Find the key intersection points between the curve, the line, and the x-axis.
Substitute into the curve equation :
Since the region is bounded below by the x-axis, , so . This gives the top-left intersection point at .
The right boundary curve intersects the x-axis () at .
2. Express the curve $x = 5 - (y - 1)^2$ in terms of $y$ as a function of $x$.
The enclosed region is bounded on the right by the curve's upper branch (for ) and the lower branch (for ).
3. Set up the definite integrals for the volume of revolution about the x-axis.
The volume must be split into three parts based on the top and bottom boundaries:
- From to , bounded above by and below by .
- From to , bounded above by and below by the x-axis ().
- From to , bounded above by and below by .
4. Evaluate the definite integrals to find the total volume.
Evaluating each integral exactly:
Summing these parts gives a beautifully clean integer multiple:
To 2 decimal places, the volume is .
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