Consider the polar curve with equation r = θ 1 . What is the length of the arc traced by this curve as θ (measured in radians) varies from 1 to 2?
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The general form of the arc-length of a polar curve is given by L = ∫ a b r 2 + ( d θ d r ) 2 d θ , we know r = θ 1 , b = 2 and a = 1 . This information gives us L = = = = = = ∫ 1 2 θ 2 1 + θ 4 1 d θ ∫ 1 2 θ 2 1 θ 2 + 1 d θ ∫ 1 2 θ 2 + 1 1 d θ − θ θ 2 + 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 2 via integration by parts arcsin h ( θ ) ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 2 − θ θ 2 + 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 2 ln ( θ + θ 2 + 1 ) ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 2 − θ θ 2 + 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 2 2 2 2 − 5 + ln ( 1 + 2 2 + 5 )