Stewart 8th Section 8.1: Arc Length

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1 Arc Length - Line Segment · Level 1
Use the arc length formula to find the length of the curve \(y = 2 x - 5\), \(-1 \leq x \leq 3\). Check your answer by noting that the curve is a line segment and calculating its length by the distance formula.
2 Arc Length - Circle Arc · Level 2
Use the arc length formula to find the length of the curve \(y = \sqrt{2 - x^2}\), \(0 \leq x \leq 1\). Check your answer by noting that the curve is part of a circle.
3 Arc Length - Set Up Integral · Level 2
Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve \(y = \sin x\), \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\). Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
4 Arc Length - Set Up Integral · Level 2
Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve \(y = x e^{-x}\), \(0 \leq x \leq 2\). Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
5 Arc Length - Set Up Integral · Level 2
Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve \(y = x - \ln x\), \(1 \leq x \leq 4\). Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
6 Arc Length - Set Up Integral · Level 2
Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve \(x = y^2 - 2 y\), \(0 \leq y \leq 2\). Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
7 Arc Length - Set Up Integral · Level 2
Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve \(x = \sqrt{y} - y\), \(1 \leq y \leq 4\). Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
8 Arc Length - Set Up Integral · Level 2
Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve \(y^2 = \ln x\), \(-1 \leq y \leq 1\). Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
9 Arc Length - Exact · Level 2
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = 1 + 6 x^{\dfrac{3}{2}}\), \(0 \leq x \leq 1\).
10 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(36 y^2 = (x^2 - 4)^3\), \(2 \leq x \leq 3\), \(y \geq 0\).
11 Arc Length - Exact · Level 2
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = \dfrac{x^3}{3} + \dfrac{1}{4 x}\), \(1 \leq x \leq 2\).
12 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(x = \dfrac{y^4}{8} + \dfrac{1}{4 y^2}\), \(1 \leq y \leq 2\).
13 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(x = \dfrac{1}{3} \sqrt{y}(y - 3)\), \(1 \leq y \leq 9\).
14 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = \ln(\cos x)\), \(0 \leq x \leq \dfrac{\pi}{3}\).
15 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = \ln(\sec x)\), \(0 \leq x \leq \dfrac{\pi}{4}\).
16 Arc Length - Exact · Level 2
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = 3 + \dfrac{1}{2} \cosh 2 x\), \(0 \leq x \leq 1\).
17 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = \dfrac{1}{4} x^2 - \dfrac{1}{2} \ln x\), \(1 \leq x \leq 2\).
18 Arc Length - Exact · Level 4
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = \sqrt{x - x^2} + \sin^{-1}(\sqrt{x})\).
19 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = \ln(1 - x^2)\), \(0 \leq x \leq \dfrac{1}{2}\).
20 Arc Length - Exact · Level 3
Find the exact length of the curve \(y = 1 - e^{-x}\), \(0 \leq x \leq 2\).
21 Arc Length - From P to Q · Level 2
Find the length of the arc of the curve from point \(P\) to point \(Q\): \(y = \dfrac{1}{2} x^2\), \(P\left(-1, \dfrac{1}{2}\right)\), \(Q\left(1, \dfrac{1}{2}\right)\).
22 Arc Length - From P to Q · Level 3
Find the length of the arc of the curve from point \(P\) to point \(Q\): \(x^2 = (y - 4)^3\), \(P(1, 5)\), \(Q(8, 8)\).
23 Arc Length - Calculator Estimate · Level 2
Graph the curve \(y = x^2 + x^3\), \(1 \leq x \leq 2\) and visually estimate its length. Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
24 Arc Length - Calculator Estimate · Level 2
Graph the curve \(y = x + \cos x\), \(0 \leq x \leq \dfrac{\pi}{2}\) and visually estimate its length. Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places.
25 Arc Length - Simpson's Rule · Level 3
Use Simpson's Rule with \(n = 10\) to estimate the arc length of the curve \(y = x \sin x\), \(0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi\). Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by a calculator.
26 Arc Length - Simpson's Rule · Level 3
Use Simpson's Rule with \(n = 10\) to estimate the arc length of the curve \(y = \sqrt[3]{x}\), \(1 \leq x \leq 6\). Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by a calculator.
27 Arc Length - Simpson's Rule · Level 3
Use Simpson's Rule with \(n = 10\) to estimate the arc length of the curve \(y = \ln(1 + x^3)\), \(0 \leq x \leq 5\). Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by a calculator.
28 Arc Length - Simpson's Rule · Level 3
Use Simpson's Rule with \(n = 10\) to estimate the arc length of the curve \(y = e^{-x^2}\), \(0 \leq x \leq 2\). Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by a calculator.
29 Arc Length - Polygon Approximation · Level 4
(a) Graph the curve \(y = x \sqrt[3]{4 - x}\), \(0 \leq x \leq 4\). (b) Compute the lengths of inscribed polygons with \(n = 1\), \(2\), and \(4\) sides (using equal subintervals). Illustrate by sketching these polygons. (c) Set up an integral for the length of the curve. (d) Use your calculator to find the length of the curve to four decimal places. Compare with the approximations in part (b).
30 Arc Length - Polygon Approximation · Level 4
Repeat Exercise 29 for the curve \(y = x + \sin x\), \(0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi\).
31 Arc Length - CAS · Level 3
Use either a computer algebra system or a table of integrals to find the exact length of the arc of the curve \(y = e^x\) that lies between the points \((0, 1)\) and \((2, e^2)\).
32 Arc Length - CAS · Level 3
Use either a computer algebra system or a table of integrals to find the exact length of the arc of the curve \(y = x^{\dfrac{4}{3}}\) that lies between the points \((0, 0)\) and \((1, 1)\). If your CAS has trouble evaluating the integral, make a substitution that changes the integral into one that the CAS can evaluate.
33 Arc Length - Symmetry · Level 3
Sketch the curve with equation \(x^{\dfrac{2}{3}} + y^{\dfrac{2}{3}} = 1\) and use symmetry to find its length.
34 Arc Length - Improper Integral · Level 4
(a) Sketch the curve \(y^3 = x^2\). (b) Use Formulas 3 and 4 to set up two integrals for the arc length from \((0, 0)\) to \((1, 1)\). Observe that one of these is an improper integral and evaluate both of them. (c) Find the length of the arc of this curve from \((-1, 1)\) to \((8, 4)\).
35 Arc Length Function · Level 2
Find the arc length function for the curve \(y = 2 x^{\dfrac{3}{2}}\) with starting point \(P_0(1, 2)\).
36 Arc Length Function · Level 3
(a) Find the arc length function for the curve \(y = \ln(\sin x)\), \(0 < x < \pi\), with starting point \(\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}, 0\right)\). (b) Graph both the curve and its arc length function on the same screen.
37 Arc Length Function · Level 3
Find the arc length function for the curve \(y = \sin^{-1} x + \sqrt{1 - x^2}\) with starting point \((0, 1)\).
38 Arc Length Function - Inverse · Level 4
The arc length function for a curve \(y = f(x)\), where \(f\) is an increasing function, is \(s(x) = \displaystyle\int_{0}^{x} \sqrt{3 t + 5} d t\). (a) If \(f\) has \(y\)-intercept 2, find an equation for \(f\). (b) What point on the graph of \(f\) is 3 units along the curve from the \(y\)-intercept? State your answer rounded to 3 decimal places.
39 Arc Length = Area Proof · Level 3
For the function \(f(x) = \dfrac{1}{4} e^x + e^{-x}\), prove that the arc length on any interval has the same value as the area under the curve.
40 Arc Length - Kite · Level 3
A steady wind blows a kite due west. The kite's height above ground from horizontal position \(x = 0\) to \(x = 80\) ft is given by \(y = 150 - \dfrac{1}{40}(x - 50)^2\). Find the distance traveled by the kite.
41 Arc Length - Falling Prey · Level 3
A hawk flying at 15 m/s at an altitude of 180 m accidentally drops its prey. The parabolic trajectory of the falling prey is described by the equation \(y = 180 - \dfrac{x^2}{45}\) until it hits the ground, where \(y\) is its height above the ground and \(x\) is the horizontal distance traveled in meters. Calculate the distance traveled by the prey from the time it is dropped until the time it hits the ground. Express your answer correct to the nearest tenth of a meter.
42 Arc Length - Gateway Arch · Level 3
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was constructed using the equation \(y = 211.49 - 20.96 \cosh 0.03291765 x\) for the central curve of the arch, where \(x\) and \(y\) are measured in meters and \(|x| \leq 91.20\). Set up an integral for the length of the arch and use your calculator to estimate the length correct to the nearest meter.
43 Arc Length - Corrugated Roofing · Level 3
A manufacturer of corrugated metal roofing wants to produce panels that are 28 in. wide and 2 in. high by processing flat sheets of metal. The profile of the roofing takes the shape of a sine wave. Verify that the sine curve has equation \(y = \sin\left(\pi \dfrac{x}{7}\right)\) and find the width \(w\) of a flat metal sheet that is needed to make a 28-inch panel. (Use your calculator to evaluate the integral correct to four significant digits.)
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44 Arc Length - Catenary · Level 4
(a) The figure shows a telephone wire hanging between two poles at \(x = -b\) and \(x = b\). It takes the shape of a catenary with equation \(y = c + a \cosh\left(\dfrac{x}{a}\right)\). Find the length of the wire. (b) Suppose two telephone poles are 50 ft apart and the length of the wire between the poles is 51 ft. If the lowest point of the wire must be 20 ft above the ground, how high up on each pole should the wire be attached?
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45 Arc Length - FTC · Level 3
Find the length of the curve \(y = \displaystyle\int_{1}^{x} \sqrt{t^3 - 1} d t\), \(1 \leq x \leq 4\).
46 Arc Length - Fat Circles · Level 4
The curves with equations \(x^n + y^n = 1\), \(n = 4, 6, 8, \ldots\), are called fat circles. Graph the curves with \(n = 2, 4, 6, 8\), and \(10\) to see why. Set up an integral for the length \(L_{2 k}\) of the fat circle with \(n = 2 k\). Without attempting to evaluate this integral, state the value of \(\operatorname*{lim}\limits_{k \rightarrow \infty} L_{2 k}\).
47 Example - Arc Length of Semicubical Parabola · Level 2
Find the length of the arc of the semicubical parabola \(y^2 = x^3\) between the points \((1, 1)\) and \((4, 8)\).
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48 Example - Arc Length of Parabola · Level 3
Find the length of the arc of the parabola \(y^2 = x\) from \((0, 0)\) to \((1, 1)\).
49 Example - Arc Length via Simpson's Rule · Level 3
(a) Set up an integral for the length of the arc of the hyperbola \(x y = 1\) from the point \((1, 1)\) to the point \(\left(2, \dfrac{1}{2}\right)\). (b) Use Simpson's Rule with \(n = 10\) to estimate the arc length.
50 Example - Arc Length Function · Level 3
Find the arc length function for the curve \(y = x^2 - \dfrac{1}{8} \ln x\) taking \(P_0(1, 1)\) as the starting point.
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