Area, Volume, and Arc Length Examples

We need to learn to slice flat food first. After it is has been de-boned, a fish such as salmon is relatively flat.We are going to make fish sticks, so we need to cut it into thin strips. We slice...

Slicing Cold PizzaFirst, let's forget about calculus and use our knowledge of fractions to answer the following question.Sample ProblemWhat is the area of the shaded region?Answer.Think of the shad...

Welcome to the jungle. We won't find any scrumptious sweets here, unless our jungle is in the middle of Oz. Our well-being depends on us being able to tackle finding volumes of more complicated obj...

Solids of revolution are not fruits thrown at tyrannical rulers in protest. A solids of revolution is a volume built by rotating an area around a predetermined center line called the axis of rotati...

We've prepared our fish by cutting it into flat rectangular portions and we've sliced our vegetables into thin slices. We've even gone off on a tangent, playing with frisbees and toilet paper tubes...