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Find the volume of a triangle with sides y = 2, y = x+1, y = 11-x. The vertices are (5, 6), (1, 2) and (9, 2). Find the volume by rotating about y-axis:

(i) Method of disks
(ii) Cylindrical shell method

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The solution applies two different methods to calculate the volume of solid of revolution formed when R is revolved about the y-axis.

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