Exercises — Volume of revolution — disk method, washer method
4.2.14 · D4· Maths › Calculus II — Integration › Volume of revolution — disk method, washer method
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Do tools jinka aap sahara le sakte ho: Definite Integral as a Limit of Sums (kyun sum ek integral ban jaata hai) aur u-substitution (shifted-axis integrals ke liye). Hum Shell Method se ek baar milte hain, sirf compare karne ke liye.

Upar ki picture haari vocabulary hai: ek disk ek solid coin hai jiska radius hai; ek washer wahi coin hai jisme se radius wala ek chhota coin punch karke nikaal diya gaya ho. Iska area hai — outer circle minus inner circle, na ki . Neeche wale har problem ke liye woh ring apni nazar mein rakhna.
Level 1 — Recognition
Exercise L1.1
Region under , from to , x-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. Yeh disk hai ya washer? Volume integral likhao (evaluate mat karo).
Recall Solution
KYA ho raha hai: region x-axis par baith raha hai (iska bottom edge hai, yaani axis khud). Jab yeh spin karta hai, har slice ek full solid coin hai — koi hole nahi. Toh yeh ek disk hai.
KYUN disk: hole tab hi banta hai jab region axis se door hota hai. Yahan region axis ko touch karta hai, toh coin ka centre filled hai.
Set-up: radius distance from axis to curve . Thickness . Toh (Hum set-up par ruk jaate hain — sirf recognition.)
Exercise L1.2
Region between and on , x-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. Disk hai ya washer? Kaun si curve outer radius deti hai? Integral set up karo.
Recall Solution
KYA: do curves region ko bound karti hain — ek upper line aur ek lower parabola . par poora region axis se upar hai se ek gap ke saath... lekin jo gap matter karta hai woh region aur axis ke beech wala hai. Kyunki lower edge axis se upar hai (sirf ko chhod ke), spinning se ek hole ban jaata hai. Yeh ek washer hai.
KYUN: axis se door wali curve hai (bada = door), toh . Paas wali curve hai, toh .
Set-up:
Level 2 — Application
Exercise L2.1
L1.1 wala disk integral evaluate karo: ke neeche ka region, , x-axis ke baare mein.
Recall Solution
KYA kiya humne: power rule use karke integrate kiya, phir limits plug in ki. KYUN: definite integral hai hi coin-sum ka limit jab thickness ho jaati hai (Definite Integral as a Limit of Sums).
Exercise L2.2
ke neeche ka region se tak, x-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. Volume nikalo.
Recall Solution
KYUN disk: region axis par rest karta hai → solid coins. WHAT the square did: — squaring the radius turned the fraction into a clean power we can integrate.
Exercise L2.3
L1.2 wala washer evaluate karo: aur ke beech par, x-axis ke baare mein.
Recall Solution
Compute: aur , toh
Level 3 — Analysis
Exercise L3.1 (kaun si curve outer hai?)
aur ke beech ka region ke liye, x-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. nikalo.
Recall Solution
KYA decide karna hai pehle: par kaun si curve axis se door hai? test karo: lekin . Toh yahan — root upar hai. Isliye (outer) aur (inner).
KYUN yeh matter karta hai: agar inhe ulta likh do toh aap ek negative integrand integrate karoge aur negative "volume" milega. Door wali curve hi honi chahiye.
Exercise L3.2 (shifted axis, disk)
ke neeche ka region, , horizontal line ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. nikalo.

Recall Solution
KYA badla: axis ab nahi hai; yeh line hai (figure mein dekho, region ke neeche dashed line). Radius woh doori hai us line se curve tak.
KYUN re-measure karna padega: radius ka matlab hamesha "axis-se-curve ki doori" hota hai. se upar tak ki doori hai . Kyunki par hai, absolute value ki zaroorat nahi.
Kya hole hai? Region ka bottom hai, jo axis se ki doori upar hai — toh region axis ko touch nahi karta. Iska matlab hai ek washer, inner radius ke saath.
Level 4 — Synthesis
Exercise L4.1 (pehle intersection nikalo, phir integrate karo)
aur se enclosed region, x-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. nikalo.
Recall Solution
STEP 1 — kahan milte hain? set karo , toh aur . Yahi limits hain.
STEP 2 — kaun outer hai? test karo: gives , gives . Line upar hai: , .
Exercise L4.2 (y-axis ke baare mein — variables switch karo)
, , aur y-axis (first quadrant) se bounded region, y-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. nikalo.
Recall Solution
KYUN par switch karein: hum y-axis ke baare mein spin karte hain, toh slices horizontal coins hain jinka thickness hai; unka radius ek horizontal doori hai, mein measured. Toh humein ko ke function ke roop mein likhna hoga.
STEP 1 — invert karo: (first quadrant, ). Har coin ka radius hai. Jaise , (bottom) se (top line) tak run karta hai, region ek solid sweep karta hai — yeh y-axis ko touch karta hai, toh disk.
Shell Method se sanity check (optional cross-check): vertical shells ke roop mein, radius , height , . ✓ Do methods, same number — confidence.
Level 5 — Mastery
Exercise L5.1 (sphere formula prove karo)
Ek semicircle (jahan ek fixed radius hai), , x-axis ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. Prove karo ki resulting solid — ek sphere — ka volume hai.
Recall Solution
KYA solid hai: ek semicircle ko uske diameter ke baare mein spin karna radius ki ek full ball sweep karta hai. Har slice ek solid disk hai (region par axis ko touch karta hai).
Ek slice ka radius: , toh — square karne se square root cleanly erase ho jaata hai (yahi wajah hai ki disk-method problems circles se pyaar karte hain).
Symmetry use karo: integrand even hai ( aur par same), toh integrate karo aur double karo: KYUN yeh finish line hai: answer ek formula in hai, har sphere ke liye valid — tumne sirf coin-slicing idea use karke ek geometry fact re-derive kar di.
Exercise L5.2 (general shifted-axis washer with u-substitution)
par aur ke beech ka region line ke baare mein rotate kiya gaya. nikalo.
Recall Solution
STEP 1 — axis se distances. se door wali curve woh hai jo neeche hai, kyunki neeche = se zyada doori. par compare karo: ki range se hai, aur top edge hai. Parabola line se neeche hai, toh parabola se door hai: outer radius ; inner radius .
STEP 2 — expand karo. , toh integrand hai .
STEP 3 — even integrand, double karo: Common denominator : , , , deta hai . (Direct u-substitution possible hai lekin expand karne se zyada messy hai — expansion yahan jeetta hai.)
Connections
- Definite Integral as a Limit of Sums — har "coins sum karo, hone do" step yahan rehta hai.
- Area Between Curves — same regions, lekin vs washer ka ; L2 trap exactly yahi confusion hai.
- Shell Method — L4.2 mein cross-check.
- Volume by Cross-Sections — disks/washers circular-cross-section case hain.
- u-substitution — L5.2 mein shifted-axis integrals ke liye flag kiya gaya.