Find the volume of the three-dimensional solid given by the inequality .
Solution
. The solid consists of two cones, one whose base is the circle in the -plane and whose vertex is , and the other with the same base but vertex . Each cone has a base area of and a height of 1, for a volume of , so the answer is .
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