Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.6 Exercises - Page 481: 14

Answer

$2x\sqrt{1-x^{2}}$

Work Step by Step

Let $y=\arccos x=\cos^{-1}x.$ Then $\cos y=x\ $ and $\ y\in[0,\pi]$ Apply the double angle identity $\sin(2y)=2\sin y\cdot\cos y$ $\cos y=x$, as we defined it to be so. For $ \sin y=\sin(\cos^{-1}x)$, we know that y is from either the 1st or 2nd quadrant, where sine is positive, so we take the + sign when solving $\quad\sin^{2}y+\cos^{2}=1$ $\sin y=+\sqrt{1-\cos^{2}y}$ Because of the way we defined y, this equals $\sqrt{1-x^{2}}.$ So, $\sin(2y)=2\sqrt{1-x^{2}}\cdot x,\qquad$ or $\sin(2\arccos x)=2x\sqrt{1-x^{2}}$
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