009C Sample Final 1, Problem 9

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

$r=\theta$

$0\leq \theta \leq 2\pi$

Find the length of the curve.

Foundations:
The formula for the arc length $L$ of a polar curve $r=f(\theta )$ with $\alpha _{1}\leq \theta \leq \alpha _{2}$ is
$L=\int _{\alpha _{1}}^{\alpha _{2}}{\sqrt {r^{2}+{\bigg (}{\frac {dr}{d\theta }}{\bigg )}^{2}}}d\theta$.
Review trig substitution.

Solution:

Step 1:
First, we need to calculate ${\frac {dr}{d\theta }}$. Since $r=\theta ,~{\frac {dr}{d\theta }}=1$.
Using the formula in Foundations, we have
$L=\int _{0}^{2\pi }{\sqrt {\theta ^{2}+1}}d\theta$.

Step 2:
Now, we proceed using trig substitution. Let $\theta =\tan x$. Then, $d\theta =\sec ^{2}xdx$.
So, the integral becomes
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{L} & = & \displaystyle{\int_{\theta=0}^{\theta=2\pi}\sqrt{\tan^2x+1}\sec^2xdx}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\int_{\theta=0}^{\theta=2\pi}\sec^3xdx}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{2}\sec x \tan x +\frac{1}{2}\ln|\sec x +\tan x|\bigg|_{\theta=0}^{\theta=2\pi}}\\ \end{array}}

Step 3:
Since Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \theta=\tan x} , we have Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x=\tan^{-1}\theta} .
So, we have
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{L} & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{2}\sec (\tan^{-1}(\theta)) \theta +\frac{1}{2}\ln|\sec (\tan^{-1}(\theta)) +\theta|\bigg|_{0}^{2\pi}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{2}\sec(\tan^{-1}(2\pi))2\pi+\frac{1}{2}\ln|\sec(\tan^{-1}(2\pi))+2\pi|}\\ \end{array}}

Final Answer:
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle L=\frac{1}{2}\sec(\tan^{-1}(2\pi))2\pi+\frac{1}{2}\ln|\sec(\tan^{-1}(2\pi))+2\pi|}

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