We are asked to confirm that the volume of the figure known as Gabriel's Horn is finite.
We will use the fact that int_1^( oo) (dx)/x^p={[[1/(p-1),"if" p>1],["diverges", p<=1]]
The solid is generated by revolving the unbounded region between the graph of f(x)=1/x and the x-axis, about the x-axis for x>=1 .
We use the disk method: each disk is a circle of radius f(x).
V=pi int_1^(oo) (1/x)^2dx
V=pi int_1^(oo) (dx)/(x^2)
Using the Lemma above we get:
V=pi(1/(2-1))=pi which of course is finite.
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Gabriel's Horn is made by revolving the function f(x)=1/x about the x-axis, with the domain 1lt= x . The volume can be found by slicing the horn up into infinitesimal circles of radius f(x) . Then summing their areas from 1 to oo .
V=int_1^oo pi r^2 dx=pi int_1^oo f(x)^2 dx
V=pi int_1^oo 1/x^2 dx=pi(-1/x)|_1^oo=pi [(lim_(x-gtoo)-1/x)+1/1]
V=pi(0+1)
V=pi
As you can see the volume of the horn is exactly pi .
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