Find arc length given #x=t\sint#, #y=t\cost# and #0\let\le1#?
I got up to #\int_0^1\sqrt(1+t^2)dt# using the parametric arc length formula #\color(indianred)(\int_a^b\sqrt((\dotx)^2+(\doty)^2)dt# , but a solution I found online changes the bounds from #\int_0^1# to #\color(palevioletred)(\int_0^(\tan^-1(1))# ...
I assume the 0 is because #\tan^-1(0)=0# , but why arctangent? Is it because #t=\tan\theta# from trigonometric substitution?
I got up to
I assume the 0 is because
Arc length is given by:
Expand and simplify:
This is a known integral. If you do not have it memorized look it up in a table of integrals or apply integration by parts:
Insert the limits of integration:
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To find the arc length of the curve defined by the parametric equations ( x = t \sin(t) ) and ( y = t \cos(t) ) for ( 0 \leq t \leq 1 ), you can use the formula for arc length for parametric equations:
[ s = \int_{a}^{b} \sqrt{\left(\frac{{dx}}{{dt}}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{{dy}}{{dt}}\right)^2} , dt ]
Substitute the given expressions for ( x ) and ( y ), and then differentiate them with respect to ( t ) to find ( \frac{{dx}}{{dt}} ) and ( \frac{{dy}}{{dt}} ).
[ \frac{{dx}}{{dt}} = \sin(t) + t\cos(t) ] [ \frac{{dy}}{{dt}} = \cos(t) - t\sin(t) ]
Then plug these into the formula:
[ s = \int_{0}^{1} \sqrt{(\sin(t) + t\cos(t))^2 + (\cos(t) - t\sin(t))^2} , dt ]
After simplifying the expression inside the square root and integrating over the interval ( 0 \leq t \leq 1 ), you will find the arc length of the curve.
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