Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 5 - Applications Of The Definite Integral In Geometry, Science, And Engineering - 5.2 Volumes By Slicing; Disks And Washers - Exercises Set 5.2 - Page 364: 53

Answer

$$\frac{2}{3} r^{3} \tan \theta$$

Work Step by Step

The circle in the xy plane has an equation of $x^{2}+y^{2}=r^{2}$ NOTE: I also refer to the height of the wedge as $y$. The base of the triangular cross section is $\sqrt{r^{2}-y^{2}}$ And then $\tan \theta=\frac{y}{\sqrt{r^{2}-y^{2}}}$ Consequently we can write $\sqrt{r^{2}-y^{2}} \tan \theta=y$ The cross sectional area is $$ \begin{array}{l} \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{r^{2}-y^{2}}\left(\sqrt{r^{2}-y^{2}}\right) \tan \theta=A(y) \\ \frac{1}{2}\left(r^{2}-y^{2}\right) \tan \theta=A(y) \end{array} $$ The volume of the wedge is $2 \int_{0}^{r} \frac{1}{2} A(y) d y$ $2 \int_{0}^{r} \frac{1}{2}\left(r^{2}-y^{2}\right) \tan \theta d y$ $\int_{0}^{\tau}\left(r^{2}-y^{2}\right) \tan \theta d y$ Integrating and evaluating we get $\left[\left(r^{2} y-\frac{y^{3}}{3}\right) t a n \theta\right]_{0}^{r}$ $\left(r^{3}-\frac{r^{3}}{3}\right) \tan \theta$ $\frac{2}{3} r^{3} \tan \theta=\left(\frac{3 r^{3}}{3}-\frac{r^{3}}{3}\right) \tan \theta$
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