009B Sample Final 1, Problem 7 Detailed Solution

(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.

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Background Information:
1. The formula for the length  $L$  of a curve  $y=f(x)$  where  $a\leq x\leq b$  is
$L=\int _{a}^{b}{\sqrt {1+{\bigg (}{\frac {dy}{dx}}{\bigg )}^{2}}}~dx.$
2. Recall
$\int \sec x~dx=\ln |\sec(x)+\tan(x)|+C.$
3. The surface area  $S$  of a function  $y=f(x)$  rotated about the  $y$-axis is given by
$S=\int 2\pi x\,ds,$  where $ds={\sqrt {1+{\bigg (}{\frac {dy}{dx}}{\bigg )}^{2}}}~dx.$

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
First, we calculate  ${\frac {dy}{dx}}.$
Since  $y=\ln(\cos x),$
${\frac {dy}{dx}}={\frac {1}{\cos x}}(-\sin x)=-\tan x.$
Using the formula given in the Foundations section, we have
$L=\int _{0}^{\pi /3}{\sqrt {1+(-\tan x)^{2}}}~dx.$

Step 2:
Now, we have
${\begin{array}{rcl}L&=&\displaystyle {\int _{0}^{\pi /3}{\sqrt {1+\tan ^{2}x}}~dx}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\int _{0}^{\pi /3}{\sqrt {\sec ^{2}x}}~dx}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\int _{0}^{\pi /3}\sec x~dx}.\\\end{array}}$

Step 3:
Finally,
${\begin{array}{rcl}L&=&\ln |\sec x+\tan x|{\bigg |}_{0}^{\frac {\pi }{3}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\ln {\bigg |}\sec {\frac {\pi }{3}}+\tan {\frac {\pi }{3}}{\bigg |}-\ln |\sec 0+\tan 0|}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\ln |2+{\sqrt {3}}|-\ln |1|}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\ln(2+{\sqrt {3}})}.\end{array}}$

(b)

Step 1:
We start by calculating  ${\frac {dy}{dx}}.$
Since  $y=1-x^{2},$
${\frac {dy}{dx}}=-2x.$
Using the formula given in the Foundations section, we have
$S\,=\,\int _{0}^{1}2\pi x{\sqrt {1+(-2x)^{2}}}~dx.$

Step 2:
Now, we have  $S=\int _{0}^{1}2\pi x{\sqrt {1+4x^{2}}}~dx.$
We proceed by  $u$-substitution.
Let  $u=1+4x^{2}.$
Then,   $du=8xdx$  and  ${\frac {du}{8}}=xdx.$
Since the integral is a definite integral, we need to change the bounds of integration.
Plugging in our values into the equation  $u=1+4x^{2},$  we get
$u_{1}=1+4(0)^{2}=1$  and  $u_{2}=1+4(1)^{2}=5.$
Thus, the integral becomes
${\begin{array}{rcl}S&=&\displaystyle {\int _{1}^{5}{\frac {2\pi }{8}}{\sqrt {u}}~du}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {\pi }{4}}\int _{1}^{5}u^{\frac {1}{2}}~du.}\end{array}}$

Step 3:
Now, we integrate to get
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {S}&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {\pi }{4}}{\bigg (}{\frac {2}{3}}u^{\frac {3}{2}}{\bigg )}{\bigg |}_{1}^{5}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {\pi }{6}}u^{\frac {3}{2}}{\bigg |}_{1}^{5}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {\pi }{6}}(5)^{\frac {3}{2}}-{\frac {\pi }{6}}(1)^{\frac {3}{2}}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {\pi }{6}}(5{\sqrt {5}}-1)}.\\\end{array}}$

Final Answer:
(a)    $\ln(2+{\sqrt {3}})$
(b)    ${\frac {\pi }{6}}(5{\sqrt {5}}-1)$

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