University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.5 - Areas and Lengths in Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 585: 23

Answer

$8$

Work Step by Step

The length of the curve is given as: $L=\int_{p}^{q}\sqrt{r^2+(\dfrac{dr}{d\theta})^2}d\theta$ Thus, $L=\int_{0}^{2\pi} \sqrt{(1+\cos \theta)^2+(-sin \theta)^2} d \theta$ Then, we have $L=\sqrt 2 \int_{0}^{2 \pi} \sqrt {1+\cos \theta} d\theta=2 \int_{0}^{2 \pi} |\cos (\theta/2)| d \theta$ Plug $2p=\theta \implies d\theta=2p dp$ Then, we get $L =4 \int_{0}^{\pi} |\cos p| d p$ Thus, $L=4 \int_{0}^{\pi}/2 \cos p d p -4 \int_{\pi/2}^{\pi} \cos p d p=8$
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