Math 74 Exercises

I- Find the arclength of each of the following:

1. y = x 3 from x = 4 to x = 7.

7. y = ln(sec x) from x = 0 to x =

2. y = x3 from x = 1 to x = 3.
3. y = sin(x) from x = to x =

3
2

8. y =

4. y = tan(x) from x = 0 to x = 4 .
9. y =

5. y = e from x = 0 to x = 2.
6. y = ln(x) from x = 1 to x =

3.

x2 ln(x)

from x = 2 to x = 4.
2
4

4 x2 from x = 1 to x = 2.

10. y 2 = 4x from y = 0 to y = 2.

II- Find the surface area of the surface of revolution by revolving the sections of the given
curves about the given axis.
1. y = x3 , 1 x 3; x-axis

2. y = tan x, 0 x ; x-axis
4
3. xy = 1, 1 y 2; y-axis

4. x = sin y, 0 y ; y-axis

5. y = x2 + 4x, 4 x 0; y = 1

III- Determine the total mass, and center of mass for the rods with the given density function.
1. A rod of length 6 m with linear density function (x) = 2x + 3 kg/m, where x is the
distance of a point on the rod from the left end.
2. A rod of length 15 cm with linear density function (x) =

2
.
x+1

1
3. A rod along the interval from x = 1 to x = 4 with linear density function (x) = 1 + .
x
4. The measure of the linear density at any point of a rod varies directly as the cube of the
distance of the point from one end. If the length of the rod is 4 ft, and the linear density
is 2 slugs/ft at the center.
5. The length of a rod is 12 cm, and the measure of the linear density at a point is a linear
function of the measure of the distance from the left end of the rod. The linear density
at the left end is 3 g/cm and at the right end is 4 g/cm.
6. A rod is 6 m long and its total mass is 24 kg. If the measure of the linear density at any
point of the rod varies directly as the square of the distance of the point from one end,
find the center of mass of the rod.
IV- Find the centroid of the region R enclosed by the following curves:
1. y = x2 , y = x + 6

4. y = |x|, y = 1

2. x-axis, x = 1, y = x
3. x = y 4 , x = 1

5. y =

x, y = 1, y = 2, y-axis