Arc Length: Quiz
Problem 5
Consider the curve f(x) = xn, between x = 0 and x = 1 and n a positive integer. For any n, f(0) = 0 and f(1) = 1, but the curve has a different shape:
n = 1:
n = 3
n = 10
Find a formula for the trapezoidal approximation for the arc length of f(x) = xn using n trapezoids.