Is Finding the Arc Length of a Curve the Same as Finding the Length?

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This may seem like a dumb question, but is finding the "arc length" of a curve and finding the "length" of a curve the same thing? Just worded differently?
 
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shamieh said:
This may seem like a dumb question, but is finding the "arc length" of a curve and finding the "length" of a curve the same thing? Just worded differently?

Yes.