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Cylindrical Shell Method

Cylindrical Shell Method
Shell Method

A technique for finding the volume of a solid of revolution.

 

Graph showing y=f(x) curve with shaded region between x=a and x=b, rotated around y-axis. Formula: Volume=∫a to b 2πyf(x)dx

 

 

See also

Disk method, washer method, axis of rotation