009B Sample Final 1, Problem 7

a) Find the length of the curve

$y=\ln(\cos x),~~~0\leq x\leq {\frac {\pi }{3}}$.

b) The curve

$y=1-x^{2},~~~0\leq x\leq 1$

is rotated about the $y$-axis. Find the area of the resulting surface.

Foundations:

The formula for the length of a curve 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 y=f(x)} where 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 a\leq x \leq b} is 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=\int_a^b \sqrt{1+\bigg(\frac{dy}{dx}\bigg)^2}~dx} .

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
First, we calculate 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 \frac{dy}{dx}} .
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 y=\ln (\cos x),~\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{\cos x}(-\sin x)=-\tan x} .
Using the formula given in the Foundations section, 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 L=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \sqrt{1+(-\tan x)^2}~dx} .

Step 2:
Now, 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} L & = & \displaystyle{\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \sqrt{1+\tan^2 x}~dx}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \sqrt{\sec^2x}~dx}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \sec x ~dx}\\ &&\\ & = & \ln |\sec x+\tan x|\bigg|_0^{\frac{\pi}{3}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\ln \bigg|\sec \frac{\pi}{3}+\tan \frac{\pi}{3}\bigg|-\ln|\sec 0 +\tan 0|}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\ln |2+\sqrt{3}|-\ln|1|}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\ln (2+\sqrt{3})} \end{array}}

(b)

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Final Answer:
(a) 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 \ln (2+\sqrt{3})}
(b)

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