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You have an infinite surface: z=x2ey+2 . Notice that the height of the function will always
be positive!
1 2
In order to do this, we are going to find the volume of 10 little “slices” and add them
together.
2
slice 10
going to do some calculations:
slice 2
slice 1 x
1 2
Use your calculator (fnInt) to evaluate these volumes and come up with an approximate
volume.
The volume is
approximately:
The volume for each slice actually comes from evaluating the function at a specific y
value (notice for Slice 1, we plugged in y=0.1; for Slice 2, we plugged in y=0.3; … for
Slice 10, we plugged in y=1.9). So in essence, by doing the integral when y=0.1, we’re
getting a cross-sectional area for that slice. To get the volume, we simply multiply this
area by the width (in this case, the width was 0.2).
We also have to remember what integration means. Integration is just a fancy way of
saying we are adding an infinite sum up…
A. What is the volume of a slice which is infinitely thin (meaning it has a width of dy)
at an arbitrary y value?
B. Now if we wanted to add up an infinite number of these infinitely thin slices from
y=0 to y=2, how might we express that?
Evaluate the result you got from part B above. How does that compare with your
estimation?