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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2012
/
Paper 1
/
10
/
Solution
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A
cross-section
perpendicular
to the
rotation
axis is
a
disk
of
radius
sin
x
.
Disc integration
therefore gives
V
=
π
∫
0
π
sin
2
x
d
x
=
2
π
∫
0
π
(
1
−
cos
2
x
)
d
x
=
2
π
2
.
(1)
The result is in cubic coordinate units; the full
rotation
is already accounted for by the disk
area
.
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