Show that the surface area of the frustum of a cone generated by revolving the line segment

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Show that the surface area of the frustum of a cone generated by revolving the line segment between (a, g(a)) and (b, g(b)) about the x-axis is π(g(b) + g(a))ℓ, for any linear function g(x) = cx + d that is positive on the interval [a, b], where / is the slant height of the frustum.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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