The curve is ,
and
.
Length of the curve: .
Here and
.
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to .
Product rule of derivatives: .
.
.
Simpsons rule:
Let be continuous on
let
be an even integer,
The Simpsons Rule for approximating
is given by
where and
.
Here .
Substitute all above values in equation .
Arc length of the curve is .
By using calculator the value of
\.
Above value is very closer to the Simpsons approximation.
Using simpsons rule, arc length of the curve
is
.
Using calculator, arc length of the curve is
.