Volume shared by two crossing unit cylinders
Question
Two solid cylinders, each of radius , have axes that meet at a right angle. Find the volume of the region lying inside both.
Short answer
. With axes along and , the solid is , . A horizontal slice at height is a square of side , so the volume is .
Adapted from Zhou, A Practical Guide to Quantitative Finance Interviews, sec. 3.2 Integration, 'Applications of integration A', p.37; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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