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So, today Dr. Nevard finally gave us back a quiz from quite a while ago. It had one problem that was just finding the surface area of a certain solid of revolution (x2/3+y2/3=1, first quadrant, about either axis). Still, afterward, noone could come to a consensus as to the answer. Well, a few people could. So, today we finally got it back. Here were everybody's answers:

Me: π√2
Marc: 4π/5
Rajesh: 3π/2
Emily: 3
Tom, Jacob, and Choketsu: 3π²/16
Hyun-soo and Chris: 3π√2/4
Fan: 12π/5
James: 3/2
Avi: 3π/4
Ben: Effectively, did not answer. Left his answer in the form of an incredibly nasty (and almost certainly wrong) iterated integral which he was waiting for his TI-89 to evauluate.

The correct answer? 6π/5.

...yay.

Number of rational numbers: 2
Number of rational multiples of π: 4
Number of rational multiples of π²: 3
Number of rational multiples of π√2: 3

-Sniffnoy, who still maintains that his answer was the coolest

Date: 2005-03-17 12:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seagullswe447.livejournal.com
I KNEW you'd post this. I even told you. I love being right.=D
And I think my answer is damn close, considering I did the problem completely wrong.

(Holy cow, he spelt my name right!)

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