University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Section 15.1 - Line Integrals - Exercises - Page 827: 17

Answer

$\sqrt 3 \ln (\dfrac{b}{a})$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $ ds=\sqrt {(\dfrac{dx}{dt})^2+(\dfrac{dy}{dt})^2+(\dfrac{dz}{dt})^2} dt$ and $ds= \sqrt 3 dt$ This implies that $L=\int_{a}^{b} \dfrac{t+t+t}{t^2+t^2+t^2}( \sqrt 3 dt)$ or, $\sqrt 3\int_{a}^{b} \dfrac{1}{t} dt=\sqrt 3 [\ln (b)-\ln (a)]$ Thus, the line integral $L=\sqrt 3 \ln (\dfrac{b}{a})$
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