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The result of revolving the line about the axis is a cone. Here is the slope and is the intercept of the line. In order to keep the base radius of the frustum constant at 3 feet while changing the slope, the intercept value has to be a function of the slope.

By unfolding the cone, the subtended angle is calculated by the simple formula:

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Here is the arc length of the base of the cone and is its the side length.

The length of one turn of the ribbon is the arc length of the ribbon on the unfolded frustum. It is approximated by the length of the segment on the unfolded frustum.

The length of the side of the frustum is .

The distance between two consecutive turns is .

The lateral surface area of the frustum is , where is the radius at the top of the frustum.

Finally, the volume of the frustum is .