8-3 Volumes

*We find volumes in the same manner that we found areas – by slicing the totality up and adding the parts together. *Each “slice” will have a volume – it can be best described as a very short “cylinder.” Riemann Sum Def: The volume of a solid of a known integrable cross-section area A(x) from x = a to x = b is the integral of A from a to b.

How to Find Volume by Slicing (1) Sketch solid and a “typical” cross section (2) Find formula for A(x) (3) Find limits of integration (4) Integrate A(x) to find the volume

Ex 1) A pyramid 3 m high has congruent triangular sides and a square base that is 3 m on each side. Each cross section of the pyramid parallel to the base is a square. Find the volume of the pyramid. Area of square = x2 Limits: 0 & 3

Area Formulas from Geometry

(Let’s just solve 1a. We can simply set up the other three) HW #1 The solid lies between planes perpendicular to the x-axis at x = –1 and x = 1. The cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis between the planes run from the semicircle a) The cross sections are circular disks with diameters in the xy-plane. Area of Circle = r2 Limits: –1 to 1 (Or 0 to 1 if 2)

(Just the set up! Not final answer!) b) The cross sections are squares with bases in the xy-plane. Area = s2 s = diameter c) The cross sections are squares with diagonals in the xy-plane.

(Just the set up! Not final answer!) d) The cross sections equilateral triangles with bases in the xy-plane.

Ex 7) A mathematician has a paperweight made so that its base is the shape of the region between the x-axis and one arch of the curve y = 2sin x (linear units in inches). Each cross section cut perpendicular to the x-axis (and hence to the xy-plane) is a semicircle whose diameter runs from the x-axis to the curve. (Think of the cross section as a semicircular fin sticking up out of the plane.) Find the volume of the paperweight.

homework Pg. 410 #1–6, 39–42