Help parsing a question about scalar line integrals?

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I am told:

$C$ is the part of the circle $\frac{x^2}{6^2}+\frac{y^2}{6^2}=1$ in the first quadrant, find the following line integral with respect to arc length:

$\int_C(8x-5y)ds$

So I understood that we are simply computing:

$\int_C f(r(t))|c'(t)|dt$

we can express the curve $C$ as $y=\sqrt{36-x^2}$ or equivalently as $r(t)=\langle t,\sqrt{36-t^2} \rangle$

The range in this case would be $0\leq t \leq 6$ and thus I get:

$r'(t)=\langle1,\frac{-t}{\sqrt{36-t^2}}\rangle$

$|r'(t)|=\sqrt{1+\frac{t^2}{36-t^2}}=\sqrt{\frac{36}{36-t^2}}$

And thus the integral is:

$\int_6^0 (8t-5\sqrt{36-t^2})\frac{6}{\sqrt{36-t^2}})dt$

$=\int_6^0\frac{48t}{\sqrt{36-t^2}}-30$

The indefinite integral being:

$F(t)=-48\sqrt{36-t^2}-30t+C$

Thus the final answer should be: $-108$

(I skipped a couple of steps for shortness)

This answer is apparently wrong and I am not sure why exactly. I would appreciate help mostly with the reading comprehension of the question. What exactly does it mean by "with respect to arc length" is that equivalent with "along the curve $C$"? and if not why not?