Question #97482

let r(t)= (e^kt cos t, e^kt sint) find the arc length of r starting at the point (1,0)

Expert's answer

ANSWER The arc length is equal to 2∣k∣k(ekb−1)\frac { \sqrt { 2 } \left| k \right| }{ k } \left( { e }^{ kb }-1 \right)


EXPLANATION. The legs LC of the arc of the curve specified parametrically C={(x(t),y(t)):a≤t≤b}\left\{ \left( x(t),y(t) \right) :\quad a\le t\le b \right\}

calculated using the formula LC=∫ab(x′(t))2+(y′(t))2dt{ L }_{ C }=\int _{ a }^{ b }{ \sqrt { { \left( x'(t) \right) }^{ 2 }+{ \left( y'(t) \right) }^{ 2 } } } dt . In the task , the point (1,0) corresponds to the

value of the parameter t=0. Hence , a=0.

x(t)=ektcos⁡t,x′(t)=kektcos⁡t−ektsin⁡t,y(t)=ektsin⁡t,y′(t)=kektsin⁡t+ektcos⁡tx(t){ =e }^{ kt }\cos { t } ,\quad x'(t)=k{ e }^{ kt }\cos { t } -{ e }^{ kt }\sin { t } ,\quad y(t)={ e }^{ kt }\sin { t } ,\quad y'(t)=k{ e }^{ kt }\sin { t } +{ e }^{ kt }\cos { t }

(x′(t))2+(y′(t))2=(kektcos⁡t−ektsin⁡t)2+(kektsin⁡t+ektcos⁡t)2{ \left( x'(t) \right) }^{ 2 }+{ \left( y'(t) \right) }^{ 2 }={ \left( k{ e }^{ kt }\cos { t } -{ e }^{ kt }\sin { t } \right) }^{ 2 }+{ \left( k{ e }^{ kt }\sin { t } +{ e }^{ kt }\cos { t } \right) }^{ 2 } =

=k2e2kt(2cos⁡2t−2cos⁡tsin⁡t+2cos⁡tsin⁡t+2sin⁡2t)== { k }^{ 2 }{ e }^{ 2kt }\left( 2\cos ^{ 2 }{ t-2\cos { t } \sin { t } +2\cos { t } \sin { t } +2\sin ^{ 2 }{ t } } \right) = =2k2e2kt=2{ k }^{ 2 }{ e }^{ 2kt } .

LC=∫0b2k2e2ktdt=2∣k∣∫0bektdt=2∣k∣k(ekb−1){ L }_{ C }=\int _{ 0 }^{ b }{ \sqrt { 2{ k }^{ 2 }{ e }^{ 2kt } } } dt=\sqrt { 2 } \left| k \right| \int _{ 0 }^{ b }{ { e }^{ kt } } dt=\frac { \sqrt { 2 } \left| k \right| }{ k } \left( { e }^{ kb }-1 \right) .

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