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I am encountering a very tricky problem for me and I am not sure the right approach to solve it. It is simple. It is just telling me to fill in the coefficients of the integral to find the volume of the figure. But I honestly do not how to approach it. I would really really appreciate any help! Thank you!

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Niko H
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  • Hint: Assuming that $f(x)\geq g(x)$, find the radius of the circle formed by the upper limit $f(x)$ and lower limit $g(x)$ for a particular $x$. Then, use that radius to obtain the area of that circle $A(x)$ for that particular $x$. This is the expression you are integrating to obtain the volume. – cjferes Apr 25 '19 at 05:47

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The way I see it, it's not quite a solid of revolution. But that's not very important.

For each $x$, the integrand represents the area of a circle with center at $$ \frac{f(x)+g(x)}2 $$ and radius $$ \frac{f(x)-g(x)}{2} $$ What is the area of this circle? This will give you your answer.

Arthur
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