Re: 2012 HSC MX1 Marathon
Oh right, I'd assumed that since it was in the MX1 section you would be able to do it using MX1 methods. (Nevertheless, I still can't do it
)
Its the last extension question in the Cambridge 3U book so you can do it, its just way harder than anything you'll ever see in the HSC. I won't do the whole thing for you, but I'll try and give you a hint and see if you can do the rest...
Because I can't draw a diagram, I'm going to call the side of the circle closer to the y axis
CLOSE and the other side
FAR. If you want to find the volume of the circle, what you're essentially doing is finding the volume when you rotate
FAR around the y axis and then subtracting the volume you get when you rotate
CLOSE around the y axis. Now, to evaluate this integral, you need to find an expression for
FAR and for
CLOSE. If you solve for x in the equation of the circle, one of the values will be
FAR and the other
CLOSE. You can work out which ones which. Then just apply the standard formula:
<a href="http://www.codecogs.com/eqnedit.php?latex=V=\pi\int_{a}^{b}(x_{2}^2-x_{1}^2)dy" target="_blank"><img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?V=\pi\int_{a}^{b}(x_{2}^2-x_{1}^2)dy" title="V=\pi\int_{a}^{b}(x_{2}^2-x_{1}^2)dy" /></a>
and you should get the answer... Tell me how you go