How to express using integrals the area of the region bounded by $xy=6, y=2, y=6, and x=6$ to find volume of region

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Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by the above graphs of the equations around the line y=6.

My Attempt $\int_1^6(6- 6/x)) ^2 dx$

Why would we need two integrals? The region is consistently defined by the curve y=6/x. My teacher wrote two integrals and summed them. She wrote $\int_1^3 (6-6/x))^2dx + \int_3^6 16 dx$

16 comes from $\pi r^2$.

She assumes the second region has a constant radius but that isn't true.

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For $1\le x\le3$, the radius $R=6-6/x$, but for $3\le x\le6$, the radius $R=4$; so

the volume of the solid is given by $\displaystyle V=\int_1^3\pi\big(6-\frac{6}{x}\big)^2dx+\int_3^6\pi(4)^2 dx$.

More simply, using the shell method gives $\displaystyle V=\int_2^62\pi(6-y)\big(6-\frac{6}{y}\big) dy$.