The Cartesian coordinate system is the structure we use to graph points in two dimensions. Something that has two dimensions is a surface. The Cartesian coordinate system (also called the Cartesian plane, or just “the plane”) is a flat surface (like the cover of a book) that extends forever in all directions.
Read MoreWe can use integrals to find the surface area of the three-dimensional figure that’s created when we take a function and rotate it around an axis and over a certain interval. The formulas we use to find surface area of revolution are different depending on the form of the original function and the axis of rotation.
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