Find the surface area of revolution by revolving the curve y
Find the surface area of revolution by revolving the curve y=1/2x^2 about the y-axis from x=0 to x=2. show all work
Solution
Formula is 2x ds
ds= (1+y\'^2)
y\'= x
So we have int x (1+x^2)^(1/2) dx from x=0 to x=2
Antiderivative is 1/3 (1+x^2)^(3/2)
Evaluating at limits we have
1/3 (5^(3/2)- 1)
