The curve is
.
(a)
\Graph the curve
on interval
.
Graph:
\\ \
\.
(b)
\The curve is
.
The polygon with one side
join the line segment between
and
.
Consider
.
Substitute
in
.

.
The one end point of the line segment is
.
Substitute
in
.


The other end point of the line segment is
.
The length of curve is
.
The polygon with two sides
is the line segments between
,
and
.
Substitute
in
.

.
The one end point on the line segment is
.
The arc length is
.
The polygon with four sides
is the line segments between
,
,
,
and
.
Substitute
in
.


The point is
.
Substitute
in
.


The point is
.
The arc length is
.
(c)
\The curve is
and the interval is
.
Length of the curve
on the interval
is
.
Find
.

Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.



.
The length of the curve is 



Length of the curve is
.
(d)
\Length of the curve is
.


Using calculator the value of
.
The length of the curve is approximately
is larger than other approximations.
The length of the curve using polygons with sides
are small when compared to
.
(a) Graph of the curve
on interval
:
.
(b)
,
and
.
(c) Length of the curve is
.
(d) The length of the curve using polygons with sides
are small when compared to
.