Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 4 - Section 4.7 - Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 4.7 Problem Set - Page 263: 90

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

Let $\sin ^ {–1} \frac{1}{x} = \theta$ then, $\sin \theta = \frac{1}{x}$ To evaluate $\cos (\sin ^ {–1} \frac{1}{x}) = \cos \theta$ We know that, $\cos \theta = \sqrt{1 - \sin ^2 \theta}$ Using above relations we get $\cos \theta = \sqrt{1-\frac{1}{x^2}}$ $=> \cos \theta = \frac{\sqrt{x^2-1}}{x}$
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