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Homework Statement
Find the arc length oh the graph f(x)=cosx on the integral [0,[tex]\frac{\pi}{2}[/tex]]
Homework Equations
[tex]\int^{b}_{a}[/tex][tex]\sqrt{1+{f'(x)}^{2}}[/tex]dx
The Attempt at a Solution
Alright so I took the derivative of f(x) to get f'(x)=-sinx then I squared it to get sin[tex]^{2}[/tex]x so I could plug it into the formula to get [tex]\int^{\frac{\pi}{2}}_{0}[/tex][tex]\sqrt{1+sin^{2}x}[/tex] the problem is when I try to integrate...well i can't. I tried to use substitution but since i don't have cos[tex]^{2}[/tex]x anywhere I had some issues.