Semicircular cross sections: A solid whose cross sections perpendicular to the base are semicircles with diameter equal to the distance between two curves.
How to apply it: Volume = integral from a to b of (pi/8)[f(x) minus g(x)] squared dx, using the semicircle area formula.
Course: AP Calculus AB · Unit: Applications of Integration
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