After completing this section, students should be able to do the following.
- Understand what a solid of revolution is and the two ways to generate one.
- Use the procedure of “Slice, Approximate, Integrate” to derive the washer method formula.
- Use the procedure of “Slice, Approximate, Integrate” to derive the shell method formula.
- Set up an integral or sum of integrals using the washer method.
- Set up an integral or sum of integrals using the shell method.
- Compute volumes using the washer method.
- Compute volumes using the shell method.
- Determine whether to use washer or shell method given the variable of integration.
- Determine the variable of integration given the method.
- Determine if washer method or shell method is more convenient to set up a volume.