Problem:
Find the volume of the set of points satisfying
Solution
Solution:
Answer:
Without loss of generality, assume that — half the volume of the solid is on this side of the plane . For each value of from to , the region of the intersection of this half of the solid with the plane is a trapezoid. The trapezoid has height and average base , so it has an area of .
The total volume of this region is times the average area of the trapezoids, which is . Double that to get the total volume, which is .
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