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[hide] Question 08
The graph of the function $y=f(x)=x(1-x),\quad 0\leq x\leq 0.5$ is rotated about the y axis to form a trumpet shape whose base is at (0,0). Determine the volume of fluid that can be contained inside this shape.

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(Note: This hint was given on the exam question itself.) One way to solve this problem is to find the function $x=g(y)$ that describes the same curve and use it to set up the appropriate integral.)

[show] Hint 2
The formula for the disc method, for a function y = f(x) rotated about the y-axis, is $V=\int _{y_{\text{min}}}^{y_{\text{max}}}\pi \left(f^{-1}(y)\right)^{2}\,dy.$

[show] Hint 3
The formula for the shell method, for a function y = f(x) rotated about the y-axis, is $V=\int _{x_{\text{min}}}^{x_{\text{max}}}2\pi xh(x)\,dx,$ where h(x) is the height of the shell at x.

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[show] Solution 1
Found a typo? Is this solution unclear? Let us know here. Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We want to use the disk method and so we need to take the inverse of the function $\ f(x)=x(1-x).$ $f(x)=y=x-x^{2}\$ $x^{2}-x+y=0\$ $x_{1/2}={\frac {1\pm {\sqrt {1-4y}}}{2}}$ We get two possible inverse functions $f_{1}^{-1}(y)={\frac {1}{2}}+{\frac {1}{2}}{\sqrt {1-4y}}\$ and $f_{2}^{-1}(y)={\frac {1}{2}}-{\frac {1}{2}}{\sqrt {1-4y}}.\$ On the picture we see that for our purpose we need the function $f_{2}^{-1}$ . To find the boundaries for the integral we calculate $f(x=0)=0,\qquad f\left(x={\frac {1}{2}}\right)={\frac {1}{4}}.$ Now we use the formula for the disk method $V=\int \pi r(z)^{2}dz\$ . Here $\ V$ is the volume and $\ r$ is the function of the radius. We need the function $f_{2}^{-1}$ for the radius. ${\begin{aligned}V&=\int _{0}^{\frac {1}{4}}\pi \left({\frac {1}{2}}-{\frac {\sqrt {1-4y}}{2}}\right)^{2}\,dy\\&=\pi \int _{0}^{\frac {1}{4}}\left({\frac {1}{4}}-{\frac {1}{2}}{\sqrt {1-4y}}+{\frac {1-4y}{4}}\right)\,dy\\&=\pi \int _{0}^{\frac {1}{4}}\left({\frac {1}{2}}-{\frac {1}{2}}{\sqrt {1-4y}}-y\right)\,dy\\&={\frac {\pi }{2}}\int _{0}^{\frac {1}{4}}\left(1-(1-4y)^{\frac {1}{2}}-2y\right)\,dy\\&={\frac {\pi }{2}}\left[y-{\frac {2}{3}}(1-4y)^{\frac {3}{2}}\left(-{\frac {1}{4}}\right)-y^{2}\right]_{0}^{\frac {1}{4}}\\&={\frac {\pi }{2}}\left({\frac {1}{4}}+{\frac {1}{6}}\left(1-4(1/4)\right)^{\frac {3}{2}}-(1/4)^{2}-0-{\frac {1}{6}}(1-4(0))^{\frac {3}{2}}+0^{2}\right)\\&={\frac {\pi }{2}}\left({\frac {1}{4}}-{\frac {1}{16}}-{\frac {1}{6}}\right)\\&={\frac {\pi }{96}}\end{aligned}}$

[show] Solution 2
Found a typo? Is this solution unclear? Let us know here. Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. For this problem it is much easier to use the shell method. For using the shell method we need to know the height $\ h$ of the trumpet for every $\ x\in [0,{\frac {1}{2}}].$ This is $\ h(x)=f(1/2)-f(x)={\frac {1}{4}}-x(1-x).$ Now we can easily integrate ${\begin{aligned}V&=\int _{0}^{\frac {1}{2}}2\pi xh(x)dx\\&=2\pi \int _{0}^{\frac {1}{2}}x\left({\frac {1}{4}}-x+x^{2}\right)dx\\&=2\pi \left[{\frac {1}{4}}{\frac {x^{2}}{2}}-{\frac {x^{3}}{3}}+{\frac {x^{4}}{4}}\right]_{0}^{\frac {1}{2}}\\&=2\pi \left[{\frac {1}{4}}{\frac {1}{8}}-{\frac {1}{8}}{\frac {1}{3}}+{\frac {1}{16}}{\frac {1}{4}}-0\right]\\&={\frac {\pi }{96}}\end{aligned}}$