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Ch. 6 - Applications of Integration
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 6, Problema 6.3.11

Use the general slicing method to find the volume of the following solids.
The solid whose base is the region bounded by the semicircle y=√1−x^2 and the x-axis, and whose cross sections through the solid perpendicular to the x-axis are squares
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Step 1: Understand the problem. The base of the solid is the region bounded by the semicircle y = √(1 − x²) and the x-axis. The cross-sections perpendicular to the x-axis are squares. This means the side length of each square is determined by the height of the semicircle at a given x-coordinate.
Step 2: Express the side length of the square. The side length of the square at a given x-coordinate is twice the y-value of the semicircle, which is 2√(1 − x²).
Step 3: Write the formula for the area of the square. The area of a square is the square of its side length. Therefore, the area of the square at a given x-coordinate is [2√(1 − x²)]² = 4(1 − x²).
Step 4: Set up the integral for the volume. The volume of the solid is obtained by integrating the area of the cross-sections along the x-axis over the interval where the semicircle exists. The semicircle spans from x = −1 to x = 1. Thus, the volume is given by V = ∫[−1, 1] 4(1 − x²) dx.
Step 5: Simplify the integral. Break the integral into simpler parts: V = ∫[−1, 1] 4 dx − ∫[−1, 1] 4x² dx. Evaluate each term separately to find the volume.

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