MAT1052, Fall 2020, Lecture 7 Problems

1. Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the length of the curve.
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a) y = xe−x , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
x2 y 2
b) 2 + 2 = 1
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2. Find the length of the curve.

a) y = 1 + 6x3/2 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
b) y 2 = 4(x + 4)3 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, y > 0
c) y = ln(cos x), 0 ≤ x ≤ π/3
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d) x = y(y − 3), 1 ≤ y ≤ 9
Z3 x √
e) y = t3 − 1 dt, 1 ≤ x ≤ 4
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3. A steady wind blows a kite due west. The kite’s height above ground form horizontal position
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x = 0 to x = 80ft is given by y = 150 − (x − 50)2 . Find the distance traveled by the kite.
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4. Find the area of the surface obtained by rotating the curve about the x− axis.

a) y = x3 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 2.
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b) y = 1 + 4x, 1 ≤ x ≤ 5
c) x = 1 + 2y 2 , 1 ≤ y ≤ 2

5. Find the area of the surface obtained by rotating the curve about the y = axis.
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a) y = 3 x, 1 ≤ y ≤ 2
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b) y = x2 − ln x, 1 ≤ x ≤ 2
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p 2
c) x = a − y 2 , 0 ≤ y ≤ a/2
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6. If the infinite curve y = e−x , x ≥ 0, is rotated about the x−axis, find the area of the resulting
surface.

7. A group of engineers is building a parabolic satellite dish whose shape will be formed by
rotating the curve y = ax2 about the y−axis. If the dish is to have a 10−ft diameter and a
maximum depth of 2 ft, find the value a and the surface area of the dish.

8. Sketch the graph of x = ln y for 1 ≤ y ≤ e. Set up (but don’t evaluate) the integral for the
area of the surface obtained when this curve is rotated about the x−axis. What is the integral
if the curve is rotated about the y−axis instead?

9. Sketch the graph of y = x1 for x ≥ 1. Show that the area of the surface obtained by rotating
this curve about the x − axis is infinite.

10. True or false? If f (x) ≥ g(x) for all x in [a, b], then the length of the curve of f between a and
b is greater than or equal to the length of the graph of g between a and b.