University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 3 - Practice Exercises - Page 202: 57

Answer

$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{-1}{(\cos^{-1}{x})(\sqrt{1-x^2})}$

Work Step by Step

$y=\ln{(\cos^{-1}{x})}$ On differentiating both sides: $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{d(\ln{(\cos^{-1}{x}}))}{dx}$ $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{\cos^{-1}{x}}\frac{d({(\cos^{-1}{x}}))}{dx}$ $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{-1}{(\cos^{-1}{x})(\sqrt{1-x^2})}$
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