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.