Principles of Calculus Modeling: An Interactive Approach by Donald Kreider, Dwight Lahr, and Susan Diesel

Exercises for Section 4.9

Homework problems copyright 2000–2005
c by Donald L. Kreider, C. Dwight Lahr, Susan J. Diesel.

1. (1 pt) 8. (1 pt)
4 3 Set up an integral for finding the arc length of the graph of
Find the length of the curve y = x 2 between x = 0 and x = 1.
3 2y3 − 7y + 2x − 8 = 0 from (4, 0) to (6.5, 1).
Length = variable of integration =
2. (1 pt) integrand =
x5 1 lower limit of integration =
Find the length of the curve y = + 3 between x = 3 and upper limit of integration =
20 3x
x = 4.
Length = 9. (1 pt)
d
Let G(x) = f (x). What quantity is described by the integral
3. (1 pt) Rbp dx
ln x 0 2
1 + G (x) dx?
a
Find the length of the curve y = 2x2 − between x = 3 and
16
x = 6.
A. f (x) from a to b
the arclength of the curve p
Length =
B. the arclength of the curve 1 + G(x) from a to b
4. (1 pt) C. the arclength of the curve G(x) from a to b
π D. the arclength of the curve f (x)2 from a to b
What is the length of the curve y = ln(sin x) between x = 4 and
x = π3 ? E. none of the above.

√ √ 10. (1 pt) r
A. ln ( 2 − 1) − ln 33 units 3
√ √ 9
Z
B. ln (2 + 3) − ln ( 2 + 1) units Evaluate dx.
√ √ −1.5 9 − x2
C. ln 33 − ln (2 − 3) units
√ √
D. ln 33 − ln ( 2 − 1) units 11. (1 pt)
√ √
E. ln (2 + 3) − ln 3 units What is the integral formula for the length of the curve y = ln(x)
from x = 5 toRx = 26?
5. (1 pt) Length = 526 dx
Using the trapezoid rule with 7 subintervals, evaluate the inte- Now approximate this integral using 8 circumscribed rectan-
gral that defines the length of the curve y = x4 from x = 0 to gles.
x = 1. You may use Maple or another computer algebra pro-
gram to find the answer. Enter the answer to 6 decimal places. 12. (1 pt)
Length = What is the length of one cycle of the curve y = cos8 (x), ap-
proximated using the arclength formula with 13 midpoint rect-
6. (1 pt)
angles?
Using the trapezoid rule with 6 subintervals, evaluate the inte-
gral that defines the length of the arc of the ellipse x2 + 2y2 = 2
between (0, 1) and (1, √12 ). You may use Maple or another com- 13. (1 pt) √
puter algebra program to find the answer. Enter the answer to 6 Consider the curve y = 256 − x2 from x = -16 to x = 16. Ap-
decimal places. proximate its length using the arclength formula with 16 mid-
Length = point rectangles.

7. (1 pt) Calculate the exact length using geometric formulas.

Set up an integral for finding the arc length of the graph of
y = y3 − x from (0, -1) to (6, 2).
variable of integration = 14. (1 pt)
x2
integrand = Find the length of the parabolic curve y = 12 from x = 0 to
lower limit of integration = x = 15, accurate to 3 decimal places, using the trapezoid rule.
upper limit of integration = Length =

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 15. (1 pt) 17. (1 pt)
Approximate the length of the curve y = cos(x) from x = 0 to What is the circumference of the hypocycloid x2/3 + y2/3 = 15 ?
x = π5 using 20 trapezoids.
18. (1 pt)
1
What is the length of the curve x = 2y3 + 34y from y = 1 to
16. (1 pt) y = 17?
Approximate the length of the curve y = x2 from x = 0 to x = 1
using 1370 trapezoids. 19. (1 pt)
x2 y2
Now approximate the length of the curve y = x3 from x = 0 Consider the ellipse given by + = 1. Set up an integral
36 100
to x = 1 using 1370 trapezoids. to find the length of the upper half of this ellipse (the portion
above the x axis). The function to be integrated should be sim-
Now approximate the length of the curve y = x4 from x = 0 plified as much as possible, with no negative exponents.
Length = ab (1+ )1/2 dx
R
to x = 1 using 1370 trapezoids.
a=
b=

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