## DESCRIPTION ## Calculus ## ENDDESCRIPTION ## KEYWORDS('arc length') ## Tagged by tda2d ## DBsubject('Calculus') ## DBchapter('Vector Functions') ## DBsection('Arc Length and Curvature') ## Date('') ## Author('') ## Institution('Dartmouth') ## TitleText1('Calculus') ## EditionText1('5') ## AuthorText1('Stewart') ## Section1('14.3') ## Problem1('') DOCUMENT(); loadMacros("PG.pl", "PGbasicmacros.pl", "PGchoicemacros.pl", "PGanswermacros.pl", "PGauxiliaryFunctions.pl", "PGgraphmacros.pl", "Dartmouthmacros.pl"); ## Do NOT show partial correct answers $showPartialCorrectAnswers = 0; $a = random(2,10); ## Ok, we are ready to begin the problem... ## TEXT(beginproblem()); BEGIN_TEXT $BR Find the arclength of the curve \(\mathbf r(t) = \langle $a \sqrt2$SPACE t, e^{$a t}, e^{-$a t}\rangle\), \(0 \le t \le 1\) $BR \{ans_rule()\} $PAR END_TEXT ANS(num_cmp(exp($a) - exp(- $a))); ENDDOCUMENT();