Arc Length for Hyperbolic Sin

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I am having trouble with the arc length for hyperbolic sine. Can anyone help?

$$L=\int_{0}^{X}\sqrt{1+[\frac{dsinh(x)}{dx}]^2}dx=\int_{0}^{X}\sqrt{1+cosh^2(x)}dx$$

I'm having trouble evaluating the final integral.
 
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Wolfram Alpha reports that ##\int \sqrt{1 + \cosh^2(x)}dx = \sqrt{\cosh^2(x)}\tanh(x) + C##

I suspect that it might be using a (hyperbolic) trig substitution to arrive at that result.
 

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