Answer: (i) The arc length is \(\frac{4}{3}\).
(ii) The surface area generated is \(\frac{11\pi}{9}\).
For a parametric curve \(x=x(t)\), \(y=y(t)\), the arc length from \(t=a\) to \(t=b\) is
\(s=\int_a^b \sqrt{\left(\frac{dx}{dt}\right)^2+\left(\frac{dy}{dt}\right)^2}\,dt\).
Here \(x=t^2\) and \(y=t-\frac13 t^3\), for \(0\le t\le 1\).
Differentiate:
\(\frac{dx}{dt}=2t\), \(\frac{dy}{dt}=1-t^2\).
So
\(\left(\frac{dx}{dt}\right)^2+\left(\frac{dy}{dt}\right)^2=4t^2+(1-t^2)^2=4t^2+1-2t^2+t^4=1+2t^2+t^4=(1+t^2)^2\).
Since \(1+t^2\gt 0\) on \([0,1]\),
\(\sqrt{\left(\frac{dx}{dt}\right)^2+\left(\frac{dy}{dt}\right)^2}=1+t^2\).
Therefore
\(s=\int_0^1 (1+t^2)\,dt=\left[t+\frac{t^3}{3}\right]_0^1=1+\frac13=\frac43\).
For the surface area when the curve is rotated about the \(x\)-axis, use
\(S=2\pi\int_a^b y\,ds=2\pi\int_0^1 y\sqrt{\left(\frac{dx}{dt}\right)^2+\left(\frac{dy}{dt}\right)^2}\,dt\).
Thus
\(S=2\pi\int_0^1 \left(t-\frac13 t^3\right)(1+t^2)\,dt\).
Expand the integrand:
\(\left(t-\frac13 t^3\right)(1+t^2)=t+t^3-\frac13 t^3-\frac13 t^5=t+\frac23 t^3-\frac13 t^5\).
So
\(S=2\pi\int_0^1\left(t+\frac23 t^3-\frac13 t^5\right)dt\)
\(=2\pi\left[\frac12 t^2+\frac16 t^4-\frac1{18} t^6\right]_0^1\)
\(=2\pi\left(\frac12+\frac16-\frac1{18}\right)=2\pi\cdot\frac{11}{18}=\frac{11\pi}{9}\).