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Homework Statement
How can we found the length of the curve:
[tex]f(x) = \frac {1}{12}(x - 48)\sqrt x[/tex]
where [tex]x\ge0[/tex] and the vertical line x=48.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I tried to use the formula [tex]L=\int^{48}_{0}\sqrt {1 + \ [f'(x)]^2} dx[/tex]
But I think that there is a problem where x=0 because the first derivative is:
[tex]f'(x) = \frac {(x - 16) \sqrt {x}}{8x}[/tex] and because x is in the denominator cannot take the value 0.
How can solve this issue??
Any ideas??
Thanks anyone in advance.