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AP Calculus BC 8.7: Cross-Section Volumes

Practice AP Calculus BC questions on expressing and evaluating volume as a definite integral from known cross-sectional area.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2025
Course
AP Calculus BC

CHA-5.B—Calculate volumes of solids with known cross sections using definite integrals question 1

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Figures 1 and 2, shown above, illustrate regions in the first quadrant associated with the graphs of y=1xy=\frac{1}{x} and y=1x2y=\frac{1}{x^{2}}, respectively. In Figure 1, let R be the region bounded by the graph of y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}, the x-axis, and the vertical lines x=1 and x=5. In Figure 2, let W be the unbounded region between the graph of y=1x2y=\frac{1}{x^{2}} and the x-axis that lies to the right of the vertical line x=3.

Region R is the base of a solid. For the solid, at each x the cross section perpendicular to the x-axis is a rectangle with area given by xex/5x e^{x / 5}. Find the volume of the solid.

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