# Thread: find surface area of a donut

1. ## find surface area of a donut

I have a problem where i dont even know where to begin. Usually, when i post problems here i have something to show but this time i dont. Im sorry for that.

here is the problem
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FInd the surface area of the torus (or donut) obtained by rotating the circle (x - b)2 + y2 = a2; (a < b) about the
y-axis.

would i do something like the Area of a surface of revolution theorem?:

$S = 2 \pi \int_a^b f(t) \sqrt {(dx/dt)^2 + (dy/dt)^2} dt$

if so i am not even sure what to do to get it into the form to put it into that formula?

Any help is appreciated since i am lost!!

Thank you

2. ## Re: find surface area of a donut

Originally Posted by icelated
FInd the surface area of the torus (or donut) obtained by rotating the circle (x - b)2 + y2 = a2; (a < b) about the y-axis.
Use the First Guldin Theorem: the surface area $S$ of a surface of revolution generated by the revolution of a curve about an external axis is equal to the product of the arc length $s$ of the generating curve and the distance $d$ traveled by the curve's geometric centroid $\bar{x}$ .

3. ## Re: find surface area of a donut

Originally Posted by FernandoRevilla
Use the First Guldin Theorem:
Im not suppose to use pappus's theorem. When i googled First Guldin Theorem everything came back to pappus. What is First Guldin Theorem? =(

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