Find the volume of a bounded region rotated about the $x$-axis

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A region is bounded by the $x$-axis, $y=x^2-9$ and $y=x^2-4$, where the region looks similar to a u-shape. The region is then rotated about the $x$-axis. Find the volume of the solid formed.enter image description here

My Working

We can see that $y=x^2-9$ intersects the $x$-axis at $-3$ and $3$, while $y=x^2-4$ intersects the $x$-axis at $-2$ and $2$. The volume should be

\begin{align} V&=\pi\left[\int^3_{-3}(x^2-9)^2dx-\int^2_{-2}(x^2-4)^2dx\right]\\ &=2\pi\left[\int^3_0 (x^4-18x^2+81) dx-\int^2_0(x^4-8x^2+16) dx\right]\\ &=2\pi\left\{\left[\frac{x^5}{5}-6x^3+81x\right]^3_0-\left[\frac{x^5}{5}-\frac{8x^3}{3}+16x\right]^2_0\right\}\\ &=2\pi\left(\frac{243}{5}-162+243-\frac{32}{5}+\frac{64}{3}-32\right)\\ &=2\pi\left(49+\frac{209}{5}+\frac{64}{3}\right)\\ &=2\pi\cdot\frac{735+627+320}{15}\\ &=2\pi\cdot\frac{1682}{15}=\frac{3364}{15}\pi \end{align}

But my teacher said the answer was $$\frac{3376}{15}\pi$$

Could anyone please point out where I got the answer wrong? Thank you!

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After looking at CyclotomicField's comment, it seems that the teacher's answer is right and that I have just made a silly mistake, as shown below:

\begin{align} V&=2\pi\left(49+\frac{211}{5}+\frac{64}{3}\right)\\ &=2\pi\cdot\frac{735+633+320}{15}\\ &=2\pi\cdot\frac{1688}{15}=\frac{3376}{15}\pi \end{align}