(a) What curve on the surface z = x3/2 joining the points (z, y, z) = (0,...

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(a) What curve on the surface z = x3/2 joining the points (z, y, z) = (0, 0, 0) and (1, 1, 1) has the shortest are length?
(b) Use a computer to produce a plot showing the surface and the shortest curve on single plot.
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Calculus

ISBN: 978-0131429246

9th edition

Authors: Dale Varberg, Edwin J. Purcell, Steven E. Rigdon

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