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 November 29th, 2008, 09:48 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Length of a Parametric Curve Length of a parametric curve: I am trying to find the length of a parametric curve given the following details: x(t) = 0(t^3)+12(t^2)+12t y(t) = -4(t^3)-6(t^2)+9t for t from 0 to 1 For clarification, the 1st coefficient in the function x(t) is indeed zero
 November 30th, 2008, 05:15 AM #2 Guest   Joined: Posts: n/a Thanks: Re: Length of a Parametric Curve Arc length in parametric is $\int_{a}^{b}\sqrt{\left(\frac{dx}{dt}\right)^{2}+\ left(\frac{dy}{dt}\right)^{2}}dt$

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