Volumes of revolution and mean valueAQA A-Level Further Maths: Mind map
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Volumes of revolution
and mean value
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- The region is bounded by the curve , the -axis and the line . Lengths are in centimetres.Only the part of with is rotated through radians about the -axis. Find the exact volume of the solid formed.2 marks
- The function is defined by for .Find the mean value of over the interval .2 marks
- The region is bounded by the curve , the coordinate axes and the line .Show that when is rotated through radians about the -axis, the volume of the solid formed is .3 marks
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).