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curlybit89
I'm running through these Arc Length questions and able to understand a lot of them, but there is one that is algebraically confusing.

In the course of the problem, we see the formula set up as:

s = int(sqrt(1+(1/2*x^2 + (1/(2x^2)))^2))dx

Somewhere down the course of the problem, the positive one preceding the first x term diappears:

int( 1/2*x^2 + (1/(2x^2)))dx

I have no idea how they managed to get rid of that 1 at the onset. I can send an image of the problem to anyone who provides me with a method to send an .png file.
rpenner
why don't you show more of the problem?
curlybit89
Hey, sorry.

I tried to edit the post but I don't have the appropriate permissions.

I figured out the problem and am embarrassed to say the issue was simple algebra, I forgot to foil. SO SORRY!
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