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Slicing a Solid of Revolution


	Truncated cones of equal thickness are stacked to simulate the slicing of a solid of revolution made from part of a sine curve. As you increase the number of slices, the total volume of the truncated cones converges to the volume of the solid of revolution.


	Contributed by: Sándor Kabai

This Demonstration illustrates the shell method of integration in calculus.

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Solid of Revolution (Wolfram MathWorld)

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Contributed by: Sándor Kabai

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