How do you find the arc length of the curve #y=e^(3x)# over the interval [0,1]?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-24T13:58:06

#19.14#

simple arc length formulation:

#s = int_C ds = int_(x_1)^(x_2) sqrt( 1+ (y')^2) dx#

here #y' = 3 e^(3x)#

#s = int_(0)^(1) sqrt( 1+ (3e^(3x))^2) dx#

the integration is not nice, here is computer solution:

#int sqrt(1+(3 e^(3 x))^2) dx = 1/3 (sqrt(9 e^(6 x)+1)-tanh^(-1)(sqrt(9 e^(6 x)+1)))+C #

The numerical solution is: #19.14#