(a) How is the length of a curve defined?(b) Write an expression for the length of a smooth curvegiven by  y =f(x), a ≤x ≤ b.(c) What if is given as a function of y ?

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(a) How is the length of a curve defined?
(b) Write an expression for the length of a smooth curve
given by  y =f(x), a ≤x ≤ b.
(c) What if is given as a function of y ?

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