MapleVolumeWork.mws

Volume of a Solid

Picture and Computation

with(plots):

Warning, the name changecoords has been redefined

The Base

>    Bottom:=plot([t,t^2-4,t=-2..3],thickness=3,labels=[x,y]):

>    Top:=plot([t,t+2,t=-2..3],thickness=3,labels=[x,y]):

>    display(Bottom,Top);

[Maple Plot]

The Solid

>    plot3d(4+x^2+2*y^2,x=-2..3,y=x^2-4..x+2,filled=true,axes=boxed,orientation=[145,45]);

[Maple Plot]

Computing the Volume

>    Int(Int(4+x^2+2*y^2,y=x^2-4..x+2),x=-2..3);

Int(Int(4+x^2+2*y^2,y = x^2-4 .. x+2),x = -2 .. 3)

>    value(%);

23375/84

>    evalf(%);

278.2738095

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