Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Practice Exercises - Page 439: 17

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & y = \ln {\cos ^{ - 1}}x \cr & {\text{find the derivative of }}y{\text{ with respect to }}x \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{{d\left( {\ln \left( {{{\cos }^{ - 1}}x} \right)} \right)}}{{dx}} \cr & {\text{ use the formula }}\cr &\frac{{d\left( {\ln u} \right)}}{{dx}} = \frac{1}{u}\frac{{du}}{{dt}}.\,\,\,\left( {{\text{see table 7}}{\text{.3}}} \right). \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{1}{{{{\cos }^{ - 1}}x}}\frac{{d\left( {{{\cos }^{ - 1}}x} \right)}}{{dx}} \cr & {\text{we can use the formula }}\cr &\frac{{d\left( {{{\cos }^{ - 1}}x} \right)}}{{dx}} = - \frac{1}{{\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}\frac{{du}}{{dx}}.\,\,\,\left( {{\text{see table 7}}{\text{.3}}} \right). \cr & {\text{here }}u = x,\,\,{\text{so}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{1}{{{{\cos }^{ - 1}}x}}\left( { - \frac{1}{{\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}} \right)\frac{{d\left( x \right)}}{{dx}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{1}{{{{\tan }^{ - 1}}x}}\left( { - \frac{1}{{\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}} \right)\left( 1 \right) \cr & {\text{simplifying, we get:}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - \frac{1}{{{{\cos }^{ - 1}}x\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }} \cr} $$
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