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  1. April 15th 2007, 12:03 AM #1
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    Length of arc curve

    Find the length of arc of the curve 9y^2 = 4x^3 from the origin to the point

    THe answer should be 14/3

    Heres my solution:





    After that i got an answer of 3.85 w/c is not favorable of the answer key

    why am i not getting this right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ^_^Engineer_Adam^_^ View Post
    Find the length of arc of the curve 9y^2 = 4x^3 from the origin to the point

    THe answer should be 14/3

    Heres my solution:





    After that i got an answer of 3.85 w/c is not favorable of the answer key

    why am i not getting this right?
    The derivative you found is incorrect:
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