Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by \begin{equation*} y = \frac{1}{x^3 + 5x^2 + 4x}, \quad x = 7, x = 17 \text{ and } y = 0 \end{equation*} around the $y$-axis. \begin{equation*} V = \end{equation*} help (numbers)
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To find the points of intersection, set y=0 and solve for x: 0 = 1/(x^(3)+5x^(2)+4x) 0 = 1/x(x^2 + 5x + 4) 0 = 1/x(x+1)(x+4) This gives x=0, x=-1, and x=-4 as the x-values where y=0. However, since x=0 is not within the bounds of x=7 and x=17, we only consider Show more…
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