The curve is .
(a)
\Graph the curve on interval
.
Graph:
\\ \
\.
(b)
\The curve is .
The polygon with one side join the line segment between
and
.
Consider .
Substitute in
.
.
The one end point of the line segment is .
Substitute in
.
The other end point of the line segment is .
The length of curve is .
The polygon with two sides is the line segments between
,
and
.
Substitute in
.
.
The one end point on the line segment is .
The arc length is .
The polygon with four sides is the line segments between
,
,
,
and
.
Substitute in
.
The point is .
Substitute in
.
The point is .
The arc length is .
(c)
\The curve is and the interval is
.
Length of the curve on the interval
is
.
Find .
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
.
The length of the curve is
Length of the curve is .
(d)
\Length of the curve is .
Using calculator the value of .
The length of the curve is approximately is larger than other approximations.
The length of the curve using polygons with sides are small when compared to
.
(a) Graph of the curve on interval
:
.
(b) ,
and
.
(c) Length of the curve is .
(d) The length of the curve using polygons with sides are small when compared to
.