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Volume The region bounded by $y=e^{-x^{2}}, y=0, x=0$ and $x=b(b>0)$ is revolved about the $y$ -axis.(a) Find the volume of the solid generated when $b=1$(b) Find $b$ such that the volume of the generated solid is $\frac{4}{3}$ cubic units.
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