Find the length of the following parametric curve in R^3

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$$\gamma(t)=(\log t\sqrt2,\frac{1}{3t},3t+1)$$ $$t\in [1/3,3]$$

my try :

the tangent to the curve is : $$\gamma'(t)=\left(\frac{\sqrt2}{t},\frac{-1}{3t^2},3\right)$$

the norm of the tangent to the curve: $$||\gamma(t)||=\left(\frac{2}{t^2}+\frac{1}{9t^4}+9\right)^\frac{1}{2}$$

expanding and simplifying : $$||\gamma(t)||=\frac{((12t^2+5)(12t^2+1))^\frac{1}{2}}{6t^2}$$

I don't know how to proceed to solve the integral from this

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I am assuming the curve is,
$$ \displaystyle ~\gamma(t)=(\sqrt2 \ln t,\frac{1}{3t},3t+1), t \in \left[1/3, 3\right]$$

Your work is correct till the step,

$ \displaystyle ||\gamma(t)|| = \sqrt{\frac{2}{t^2}+\frac{1}{9t^4}+9}$

But your simplification is incorrect.

$ \displaystyle ||\gamma(t)|| = \sqrt{\frac{2}{t^2}+\frac{1}{9t^4}+9} = \sqrt{\left(\frac 1 {3 t^2} + 3 \right)^2}$

So length of the curve is,

$ \displaystyle \int_{1/3}^3 \left(\frac 1 {3 t^2} + 3 \right) ~ dt$

which is a straightforward integral.