009C Sample Final 2, Problem 10 Detailed Solution

Find the length of the curve given by

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x=t^2}

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=t^3}

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 1\leq t \leq 2}

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Background Information:
The arc length  $L$  of a parametric curve with  $\alpha \leq t\leq \beta$  is given by
$L=\int _{\alpha }^{\beta }{\sqrt {{\bigg (}{\frac {dx}{dt}}{\bigg )}^{2}+{\bigg (}{\frac {dy}{dt}}{\bigg )}^{2}}}~dt.$

Solution:

Step 1:
First, we need to calculate  ${\frac {dx}{dt}}$  and  ${\frac {dy}{dt}}.$
Since  $x=t^{2},~{\frac {dx}{dt}}=2t.$
Since  $y=t^{3},~{\frac {dy}{dt}}=3t^{2}.$
Using the arc length formula, we have
$L=\int _{1}^{2}{\sqrt {(2t)^{2}+(3t^{2})^{2}}}~dt.$

Step 2:
Now, we have
Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {L}&=&\displaystyle {\int _{1}^{2}{\sqrt {4t^{2}+9t^{4}}}~dt}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\int _{1}^{2}{\sqrt {t^{2}(4+9t^{2})}}~dt}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\int _{1}^{2}t{\sqrt {4+9t^{2}}}~dt.}\\\end{array}}}

Step 3:
Now, we use  $u$-substitution.
Let  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle u=4+9t^2.}
Then,  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle du=18tdt}   and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{du}{18}=tdt.}
Also, since this is a definite integral, we need to change the bounds of integration.
We have
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle u_1=4+9(1)^2=13}   and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle u_2=4+9(2)^2=40.}
Hence,
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{L} & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{18}\int_{13}^{40} \sqrt{u}~du}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{18}\cdot\frac{2}{3} u^{\frac{3}{2}}\bigg|_{13}^{40}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{27}(40)^{\frac{3}{2}}-\frac{1}{27}(13)^{\frac{3}{2}}.}\\ \end{array}}

Final Answer:
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{1}{27}(40)^{\frac{3}{2}}-\frac{1}{27}(13)^{\frac{3}{2}}}

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