An oil storage tank can be described as the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by y =  36   144 + x2, x = 0, y = 0, x = 3 about the x-axis. Find the volume of the tank (in cubic meters). (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

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An oil storage tank can be described as the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by

y = 
36
  144 + x2
,
x = 0,
y = 0,
x = 3

about the x-axis. Find the volume of the tank (in cubic meters). (Round your answer to one decimal place.) 

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This is a question related to integration. Here we will use the general formula of integration for calculating the volume generates by solid revolution about x axis.

Answer = 83.1 cubic meters

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