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What is the arc length of $f (x) = \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 4}$ $f(x)=1/x-1/(x-4)$ on $x \in [5, \infty]$ $x in [5,oo]$ ?

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Dec 4, 2016

If the upper limit is $\infty$ $oo$ then the arc length will be unbound and so would be infinite.

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