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Approximating the volume of a solid of revolution – the frustum rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Paul Belcher
Paul Belcher*
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This Article will find formulae for approximating the volume of a solid of revolution, analogous with the Trapezium rule and Simpson's rule [1] for approximating an area. It will also consider the order of these approximations.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 106 , Issue 567 , November 2022 , pp. 408 - 413
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© The Authors, 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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