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Ki-nana18
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Homework Statement
Find the area of the surface generated when you rotate the parabola y=x2 0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to the square root of k, around the y-axis. You should end up with a simple formula in terms of the constant k.
Homework Equations
S=2[tex]\pi[/tex][tex]\int[/tex]yds
The Attempt at a Solution
I suspect that the simple formula is the volume of a sphere. I got all the way to applying the fundamental theorem of calculus and so far I have 2pi[((12(square root of k)+3)/(18))^(3/2)-(1/12)]