That area in the first quadrant looks like this:and when it's rotated about the y-axis its cross section will look like this: We will use the cylindrical shell method: The volume of a cylindrical shell is: (its circumference) times (its height) times (its thickness). Its circumference is 2πr and its thickness is dx. Its radius, r, is the x value of the point (x,y) which is just x. Its height, h, is just the y value of the point(x,y) which is just y, (which we will replace by x²-x³): V = Edwin