What is the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region under from to about the x-axis?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: The formula for volume of revolution about the x-axis is . Step 2. Here . So . **Answer: . Why not the others:** mistakenly integrates ; integrates without squaring.
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