Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Derivatives - 2.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions - 2.4 Exercises - Page 151: 55

Answer

(a) $\frac{d}{dx}tanx$ = $\frac{d}{dx}\frac{sinx}{cosx}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $\frac{cosxcosx+sinxsinx}{cos^{2}x}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $\frac{cos^{2}x+sin^{2}x}{cos^{2}x}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $\frac{1}{cos^{2}x}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $sec^{2}x$ (b) $\frac{d}{dx}secx$ = $\frac{d}{dx}\frac{1}{cosx}$ $secxtanx$ = $\frac{cosx(0)+(1)(-sinx)}{cos^{2}x}$ $secxtanx$ = $\frac{sinx}{cos^{2}x}$ $secxtanx$ = $secxtanx$ (c) $\frac{d}{dx}(sinx+cosx)$ = $\frac{d}{dx}\frac{1+cotx}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{cscx(-csc^{2}x)-(1+cotx)(-cscxcotx)}{csc^{2}x}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{-csc^{2}x+-cot^{2}x+cotx}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{-1+cotx}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{cotx-1}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$

Work Step by Step

(a) $\frac{d}{dx}tanx$ = $\frac{d}{dx}\frac{sinx}{cosx}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $\frac{cosxcosx+sinxsinx}{cos^{2}x}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $\frac{cos^{2}x+sin^{2}x}{cos^{2}x}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $\frac{1}{cos^{2}x}$ $sec^{2}x$ = $sec^{2}x$ (b) $\frac{d}{dx}secx$ = $\frac{d}{dx}\frac{1}{cosx}$ $secxtanx$ = $\frac{cosx(0)+(1)(-sinx)}{cos^{2}x}$ $secxtanx$ = $\frac{sinx}{cos^{2}x}$ $secxtanx$ = $secxtanx$ (c) $\frac{d}{dx}(sinx+cosx)$ = $\frac{d}{dx}\frac{1+cotx}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{cscx(-csc^{2}x)-(1+cotx)(-cscxcotx)}{csc^{2}x}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{-csc^{2}x+-cot^{2}x+cotx}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{-1+cotx}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{cotx-1}{cscx}$ $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$ = $\frac{d}{dx}(cosx-sinx)$
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