Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.6 Exercises - Page 481: 12

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

Let $t=\sin^{-1}x.$ Then, $t\in[- \displaystyle \frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}]$ and $\sin t=x$ $\displaystyle \tan t=\frac{\sin t}{\cos t}=\frac{x}{\cos(\sin^{-1}x)}$ (the numerator is x, because of the way we defined $t$.) The denominator equals $\sqrt{1-x^{2}}$ as found in the previous exercise. $\displaystyle \tan t=\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}$
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