Find the Area of the Surface Obtained by Rotating the Curve

question 25

Short Answer

Find the area of the surface obtained by rotating the curve about the $y$ -axis.
$$y = \frac { 1 } { 4 } x ^ { 2 } - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \ln x , 1 \leq x \leq 8$$

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