Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals

James Stewart, Daniel K. Clegg, Saleem Watson, Lothar Redlin

Chapter 8

Further Applications of Integration - all with Video Answers

Educators

Section 1

Arc Length

Problem 1

Use the arc length formula (3) to find the length of the curve $y=3-2 x,-1 \leqslant x \leqslant 3$. Check your answer by noting that the curve is a line segment and calculating its length by the distance formula.

Nick Johnson

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Problem 2

Use the arc length formula to find the length of the curve $y=\sqrt{4-x^2}, 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$. Check your answer by noting that the curve is part of a circle.

Ma. Theresa Alin

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Problem 3

Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
$y=x^3, 0 \approx x \leq 2$

Nick Johnson

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Problem 4

Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
$y=e^x, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 3$

Nick Johnson

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Problem 5

Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
$y=x-\ln x, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 4$

Nick Johnson

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Problem 6

Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
$x=y^2+y, \quad 0 \leqslant y \leqslant 3$

Nick Johnson

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Problem 7

Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
$x=\sin y, \quad 0 \leqslant y \leqslant \pi / 2$

Nick Johnson

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Problem 8

Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
$y^2=\ln x, \quad-1 \leqslant y \leqslant 1$

Samantha Lail

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Problem 9

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$y=\frac{2}{3} x^{3 / 2}, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 9

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
10. $y=(x+4)^{3 / 2}, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 4$

Samantha Lail

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Problem 10

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$y=(x+4)^{3 / 2}, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 4$

Samantha Lail

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Problem 11

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$y=\frac{2}{3}\left(1+x^2\right)^{3 / 2}, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 12

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$36 y^2=\left(x^2-4\right)^3, \quad 2 \leqslant x \leqslant 3, \quad y \geqslant 0$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 13

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$y=\frac{x^3}{3}+\frac{1}{4 x}, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

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Problem 14

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$x=\frac{y^4}{8}+\frac{1}{4 y^2}, \quad 1 \approx y \leqslant 2$

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

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Problem 15

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$y=\frac{1}{2} \ln (\sin 2 x), \quad \pi / 8 \leqslant x \leqslant \pi / 6$

Ma. Theresa Alin

Ma. Theresa Alin

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Problem 16

9-24 Find the exact length of the curve.
$y=\ln (\cos x), \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant \pi / 3$

Nick Johnson

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Problem 17

$y=\ln (\sec x), \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant \pi / 4$

Ian Grigsby

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Problem 18

$x=e^y+\frac{1}{4} e^z, \quad 0 \leqslant y \leqslant 1$

Finn Hittson

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Problem 19

$x=\frac{1}{3} \sqrt{y}(y-3), \quad 1 \leqslant y \leqslant 9$

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Problem 20

$y=3+\frac{1}{2} \cosh 2 x, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1$

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Problem 21

$y=\frac{1}{4} x^2-\frac{1}{2} \ln x, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

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Problem 22

$y=\sqrt{x-x^2}+\sin ^{-1}(\sqrt{x})$

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Problem 23

$y=\ln \left(1-x^2\right), \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant \frac{1}{2}$

Carson Merrill

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Problem 24

$y=1-e^{-x}, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

Yingtai Xiao

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Problem 25

Find the length of the arc of the curve from point $P$ to point $Q$.
$y=\frac{1}{2} x^2, \quad P\left(-1, \frac{1}{2}\right), \quad Q\left(1, \frac{1}{2}\right)$

Clarissa Noh

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Problem 26

Find the length of the arc of the curve from point $P$ to point $Q$.
$x^2=(y-4)^3, \quad P(1,5), \quad Q(8,8)$

Ma. Theresa Alin

Ma. Theresa Alin

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Problem 27

Graph the curve and visually estimate its length. Then compute the length, correct to four decimal places.
$y=x^2+x^3, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

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Problem 28

Graph the curve and visually estimate its length. Then compute the length, correct to four decimal places.
$y=x+\cos x, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant \pi / 2$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 29

Graph the curve and visually estimate its length. Then compute the length, correct to four decimal places.
$y=\sqrt[3]{x}, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 4$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 30

Graph the curve and visually estimate its length. Then compute the length, correct to four decimal places.
$y=x \tan x, \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 31

Graph the curve and visually estimate its length. Then compute the length, correct to four decimal places.
$y=x e^{-x}, \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 32

Graph the curve and visually estimate its length. Then compute the length, correct to four decimal places.
$y=\ln \left(x^2+4\right), \quad-2 \leq x \leq 2$

Gregory Higby

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Problem 33

Use Simpson's Rule with $n=10$ to estimate the arc length of the curve. Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by a calculator or computer.
$y=x \sin x, 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2 \pi$

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

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Problem 34

Use Simpson's Rule with $n=10$ to estimate the arc length of the curve. Compare your answer with the value of the integral produced by a calculator or computer.
$y=e^{-x^2}, 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$

James Kiss

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Problem 35

(a) Graph the curve $y=x \sqrt[3]{4-x}, 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 4$.
(b) Compute the lengths of approximating polygonal paths with $n=1,2$, and 4 segments. (Divide the interval into equal subintervals.) Illustrate by sketching the curve and these paths (as in Figure 6).
(c) Set up an integral for the length of the curve.
(d) Compute the length of the curve to four decimal places. Compare with the approximations in part (b).

James Kiss

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Problem 36

Repeat Exercise 35 for the curve

$$
y=x+\sin x \quad 0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi
$$

Ma. Theresa Alin

Ma. Theresa Alin

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Problem 37

Use either a computer 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 $\left(2, e^2\right)$.

James Kiss

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Problem 38

Use either a computer or a table of integrals to find the exact length of the arc of the curve $y=x^{4 / 3}$ that lies between the points $(0,0)$ and $(1,1)$. If your software has trouble evaluating the integral, make a substitution that changes the integral into one that the software can evaluate.

James Kiss

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Problem 39

Find the length of the astroid $x^{2 / 3}+y^{2 / 3}=1$.

Xiaomeng Zhang

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Problem 40

(a) Sketch the curve $y^3=x^2$.
(b) Use Formulas 3 and 4 to set up two integrals for the are 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 $(8,4)$.

Sam Low

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Problem 41

Find the arc length function for the curve $y=2 x^{3 / 2}$ with starting point $P_0(1,2)$.

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

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Problem 42

(a) Find the arc length function for the curve $y=\ln (\sin x)$, $0<x<\pi$, with starting point $(\pi / 2,0)$.
(b) Graph both the curve and its arc length function on the same screen. Why is the arc length function negative when $x$ is less than $\pi / 2$ ?

James Kiss

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Problem 43

Find the arc length function for the curve $y=\sin ^{-1} x+\sqrt{1-x^2}$ with starting point $(0,1)$.

Clarissa Noh

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Problem 44

The arc length function for a curve $y=f(x)$, where $f$ is an increasing function, is $s(x)=\int_0^x \sqrt{3 t+5} d t$.
(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.

Anthony Ramos

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Problem 45

A hawk flying at $15 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ at an altitude of 180 m accidentally drops its prey. The parabolic trajectory of the falling prey is described by the equation

$$
y=180-\frac{x^2}{45}
$$

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.

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

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Problem 46

A steady wind blows a kite due west. The kite's height above ground from horizontal position $x=0$ to $x=80 \mathrm{ft}$ is given by $y=150-\frac{1}{40}(x-50)^2$. Find the distance traveled by the kite.

Clarissa Noh

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Problem 47

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 as shown in the figure. The profile of the roofing takes the shape of a sine wave. Verify that the sine curve has equation $y=\sin (\pi x / 7)$ and find the width $w$ of a flat metal sheet that is needed to make a 28 -inch panel. (Numerically evaluate the integral correct to four significant digits.)

Clarissa Noh

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Problem 48

(a) Find the arc length of the catenary $y=a \cosh (x / a)$ on the interval $[c, d]$.
(b) Show that on any interval $[c, d]$, the ratio of the area under the catenary to its arc length is $a$.

James Kiss

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Problem 49

The figure shows a telephone wire hanging between two poles at $x=-25$ and $x=25$. The wire hangs in the shape of a catenary described by the equation

$$
y=c+a \cosh \frac{x}{a}
$$

If the length of the wire between the two poles is 51 ft and the lowest point of the wire must be 20 ft above the ground, how high up on each pole should the wire be attached?

Clarissa Noh

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Problem 50

The British physicist and architect Robert Hooke (16351703) was the first to observe that the ideal shape for a free standing arch is an inverted catenary. Hooke remarked, "As hangs the chain, so stands the arch." The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is based on the shape of a catenary; the central curve of the arch is modeled by the equation

$$
y=211.49-20.96 \cosh 0.03291765 x
$$

where $x$ and $y$ are measured in meters and $|x|=91.20$. Set up an integral for the length of the arch and evaluate the integral numerically to estimate the length correct to the nearest meter.

James Kiss

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Problem 51

For the function $f(x)=\frac{1}{4} e^x+e^{-x}$, prove that the arc length on any interval has the same value as the area under the curve.

Clarissa Noh

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Problem 52

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 $\lim _{k \rightarrow \infty} L_{2 k}$.

Christian Otero

Christian Otero

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Problem 53

Find the length of the curve

$$
y=\int_1^x \sqrt{t^3-1} d t \quad 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 4
$$

Chris Trentman

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