Volumes+of+Revolution

ANIMATIONS -- This site shows many animations that are good for visualizing the concept of finding the volume created by rotating a curve about a line.

The video below is also a good visualization. (2:38) media type="youtube" key="-CPUdbjpnno" height="315" width="560"

The video below is a good introduction to the concept of "Volumes of Solids of Revolution." Please watch it PRIOR to discussing this topic in class.

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The video below is another example of the "disk/washer method" of calculating volumes of rotation. media type="youtube" key="E5OOMbz5jZk" height="315" width="420"

The video below is very similar to the example illustrated above, but in this example the curves are rotated around the line y=-2.

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