PART 3: TECHNIQUES OF INTEGRATION LECTURE 3.

3 TRIGONOMETRIC SUBSTITUTIONS 1

4.1 Length
Arc
(This lecture corresponds to Section 8.1 of Stewart’s Calculus.)

1. Quote. “As usual, Ronaldinho takes the free kick. He sent the ball whistling into the air
with his right foot. Just as ball looked to fly wide, it curled in a perfect arc and entered
the net at the top right corner.”
(From http://hvdofts.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/controversy-in-camp-nou/)

2. Problem. Find the length of the arc of the parabola y = (x − 1)2 between the points (0, 1) and (3,

4).

3. The Arc Length Formula.

∫ b y = f (x), a ≤ x ≤ b is
If fJ is continuous on [a, b], then the length of the curve
L= √ 1 + [fJ(x)]2dx.
a