To find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by the parabola, y = -x^2+6x-8, and the x-axis about the y-axis, we can use the method of cylindrical shells.
First, we need to find the values of x where the parabola intersects the x-axis. To do this, we set y = 0 and solve for x:
0 = -x^2+6x-8
x^2 - 6x + 8 = 0
(x-2)(x-4) = 0
x = 2 or x = 4
So the region we need to revolve about the y-axis is bounded by the parabola and the x-axis between x = 2 and x = 4.
Next, we need to find an expression for the radius of the cylindrical shells. Since we are revolving about the y-axis, the radius of each shell will be the distance from the y-axis to the curve at a given value of y. We can express this distance as x = f
, where f
is the inverse function of y = -x^2+6x-8.
To find the inverse function, we switch the roles of x and y in the equation:
x = -y^2 + 6y - 8
Then we solve for y in terms of x:
y^2 - 6y + (x+8) = 0
Using the quadratic formula, we get:
y = (6 ± sqrt(36-4(x+8)))/2
y = 3 ± sqrt(16-x)
Since we are revolving about the y-axis, we want the positive square root:
y = 3 + sqrt(16-x)
So the radius of each cylindrical shell is r = 3 + sqrt(16-y).
Finally, we can set up the integral to find the volume of the solid:
V = ∫(2 to 4) 2πr h dy
where h is the height of each cylindrical shell, which is simply the length of the interval we are revolving (in this case, h = 4-2 = 2).
Plugging in the expression for r, we get:
V = ∫(2 to 4) 2π(3 + sqrt(16-y)) 2 dy
V = ∫(2 to 4) 4π(3 + sqrt(16-y)) dy
V = 4π ∫(2 to 4) (3 + sqrt(16-y)) dy
V = 4π [3y + 2/3 (16-y)^(3/2)](2 to 4)
V = 4π [(12 + 8√2/3) - (6 + 8/3)]
V = 4π (6 + 8√2/3)
V = 24π/3 + 32π/9
V = 8π + 32π/9
V = 80π/9
Therefore, the volume of the solid is 80π/9, which is closest to option D, 11π.