I want to evaluate the lost volume of a sphere of radius $R$ after the cylinder of radius $r$ is punctured through it's center using integration. What the the value of $r$ such that the sphere maintains exactly the half of it's volume?
Assume that we don't know any formula from the Napkin ring problem - how to evaluate the lost volume of a sphere using integration?
Assume that boring is parallel to the $z$-axis. The napkin ring is a rotational body whose volume $V$ can be computed using the "shell method". The shells have height $2\sqrt{R^2-x^2}$, radius $x$ (hence circumference $2\pi x$), and thickness $dx$. Therefore $$\eqalign{V&=\int_r^R2\sqrt{R^2-x^2}\>2\pi x\>dx=2\pi\int_{r^2}^{R^2}\sqrt{R^2-u}\>du\cr &=-{4\pi\over3}\bigl(R^2-u\bigr)^{3/2}\Biggr|_{u=r^2}^{u=R^2}={4\pi\over3}(R^2-r^2)^{3/2}\ .\cr}$$ I leave it to you to compute the $r$ that produces $V={1\over2}V_{\rm sphere}$.