Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 13 - The Trigonometric Functions - 13.2 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions - 13.2 Exercises - Page 689: 35

Answer

$$\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = - \csc x\cot x$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \csc x = \frac{1}{{\sin x}} \cr & {\text{differentiate with respect to }}x \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{1}{{\sin x}}} \right] \cr & {\text{by using the quotient rule}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = \frac{{\left( {\sin x} \right)\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ 1 \right] - \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\sin x} \right]}}{{{{\left( {\sin x} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{then}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = \frac{{\left( {\sin x} \right)\left( 0 \right) - \left( {\cos x} \right)}}{{{{\left( {\sin x} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = - \frac{{\cos x}}{{{{\left( {\sin x} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = - \left( {\frac{1}{{\sin x}}} \right)\left( {\frac{{\cos x}}{{\sin x}}} \right) \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\csc x} \right] = - \csc x\cot x \cr} $$
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