Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.6 Exercises - Page 481: 13

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^{2}}}$

Work Step by Step

Let $t=\tan^{-1}x.$ Then, $t\in(- \displaystyle \frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2})$ and $\tan t=x$ We can illustrate this in a right triangle where the leg opposite t is $x$ and the leg adjacent to $t$ is $1.$ (see below) The hypotenuse is found by the Pythagorean theorem: $\left[\begin{array}{l} c^{2}=x^{2}+1^{2}\\ c=\sqrt{1+x^{2}} \end{array}\right]$ So, $\displaystyle \sin t=\frac{opp}{hyp}=\frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^{2}}}$
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