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Example 1
Figure 6.3.3 Find the length of the curve y = 2x3/2, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 shown in Figure 6.3.3. We have dy/dx = 3x1/2, Put u = 1 + 9x. Then
Sometimes a curve in the (x, y) plane is given by parametric equations x = f(t), y = g(t), c ≤ t ≤ d.
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