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#1 Re: Help Me ! » volume of an ellipse » 2008-12-19 00:31:18

take any curve y=f(x)  tk a strip of height y n width dx  (not rigourous but thts hw newton did such stuff) volume generated whn this strip is revolve arnd y axis is 2pix*y*dx
integrate dis under proper limits

note: in your ques rotion abt x or y axis doesnt make any diff

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