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  1. August 24th 2012, 10:16 PM #1
    eskimogenius
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    Help with Volumes


    I asked two different people and one person got 256/9 by taking parabolic slices, and another person got 8*pi by taking slices that are circles. Who is right and why?
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  2. August 25th 2012, 05:21 AM #2
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    Re: Help with Volumes

    Hello, eskimogenius!


    I asked two different people and one person got 256/9 by taking parabolic slices,
    and another person got 8*pi by taking slices that are circles.
    Who is right and why?

    Why did the second person use circular slices?
    The problem said parabolic cross-sections, right?
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