Volume of Revolution

The above diagram shows the points $R=(7,\frac{1}{7})$ and $P=(14,\frac{1}{14}),$ which lie on the curve $y=\frac{1}{x},$ point $Q = (0, \frac{1}{7})$ on the $y$ -axis, and points $A = (7,0)$ and $B = (14,0)$ on the $x$ -axis. If $S$ is the solid obtained by rotating the region $R$ bounded by $\overline{OQ}, \overline{QR}, \widehat{RP}, \overline{PB}, \text{ and } \overline{OB}$ about the axis of rotation $x=-7$ and the volume of $S$ is $\alpha \pi,$ what is $\alpha?$

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Let $S$ be the solid obtained by rotating the region $R$ bounded by $y = x^3, x = 1, x = 5,$ and the $x$ -axis about the line $x=8$ . If $10$ times the volume of $S$ is $\alpha \pi ,$ what is $\alpha?$

Let $R$ be the region bounded by $y = 3x+2 , x = 4$ , and the x-axis. Let $S$ be the solid obtained by rotating $R$ about the axis $x=0$ . The volume of $S$ has the form $T \pi$ . What is the value of $T$ ?

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