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Unit 8: Applications of Integration

Volume with Disc Method: Revolving Around Other Axes

Find the volume of a solid formed by revolving a region around any horizontal or vertical line, using the distance from that line to the curve as the radius.

Topic 8.10 · 6 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus BC plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The radius is a distance to the axis
  2. 02Vertical axes
  3. 03Worked examples
  4. 04Where students lose points
  5. 05On the exam

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