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Lesson 16 Arc Length

The document discusses how to calculate arc length for curves. It provides three formulas for calculating arc length based on whether the curve is defined parametrically, using Cartesian coordinates, or using polar coordinates. It also gives three examples of calculating arc length using these formulas and notes there are exercises at the end to calculate additional arc lengths.

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Lesson 16 Arc Length

The document discusses how to calculate arc length for curves. It provides three formulas for calculating arc length based on whether the curve is defined parametrically, using Cartesian coordinates, or using polar coordinates. It also gives three examples of calculating arc length using these formulas and notes there are exercises at the end to calculate additional arc lengths.

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Lesson 16

Arc Length
Arc Length
Suppose that is a smooth curve on the interval
  the arc length
is defined as
If defines a function whose curve is continuous
  on the interval , then

If and are in terms of the parameter and and are continuous on the interval , then

If the equation of the curve is in polar coordinates, and the curve is continuous on the
interval then
Examples:  
1. Find the length of the curve from to .
Solution:
2. Find the length of the curve from to .  
Solution:
3. Find the length of an arc of the cycloid given
  in parametric form by the
equations , where .
Solution:
The arc length of the parametric curve is
Exercises:  

Find the length of each of the following curves:

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