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Find the area of the surface obtained by rotating the curve...?

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y=sin(3x) about the x axis from x=0 to x=pi/3

asked Apr 23, 2014 in CALCULUS by anonymous

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For rotation about the x - axis, the surface area formula : image.

For rotation about the y - axis, the surface area formula : image.

The rotating curve y = sin(3x) about the x - axis from x = 0 to x = pi/3.

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Use the reduction formula : image.

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Multiply numerator and denominator of sec(u) by [ tan(u) + sec(u) ].

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answered Apr 24, 2014 by steve Scholar
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The curve is image and the interval is image.

Area of the surface  image, since the region is being rotated about the x - axis.

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Since, image, image.

The area of the surface obtained by rotating the curve image about the x - axis from x = 0 to x = pi / 3 is image.

answered Apr 23, 2014 by lilly Expert

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