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The action of spinning or turning an object around an axis. In mathematics, it specifically refers to rotating a two-dimensional shape about an axis in order to create a three-dimensional solid.

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What is the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the curves y = x² and y = 3x, and the line x = 0 around the x-axis?
What is the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the curve y = √x, the line y = 1, and the lines x = 1 and x = 4 around the line y = 1?

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