Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Derivatives - 3.10 Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 3.10 Execises - Page 222: 60

Answer

\[\left( {{f}^{-1}} \right)'\left( x \right)=-1\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & f\left( x \right)=\left| x+2 \right|,\text{ for }x\le -2 \\ & \text{By the definition of the absolute value} \\ & f\left( x \right)=-\left( x+2 \right),\text{ for }x\le -2 \\ & f\left( x \right)=-\left( x+2 \right) \\ & y=-\left( x+2 \right) \\ & \text{Interchange }x\text{ and }y \\ & x=-\left( y+2 \right) \\ & \text{Solve for }y \\ & x=-y-2 \\ & y=-x-2 \\ & \text{Write }y\text{ as }{{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right) \\ & {{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)=-x-2 \\ & \text{Compute the derivative} \\ & \left( {{f}^{-1}} \right)'\left( x \right)=\frac{d}{dx}\left[ -x-2 \right] \\ & \left( {{f}^{-1}} \right)'\left( x \right)=-1 \\ \end{align}\]
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