University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 3 - Practice Exercises - Page 202: 56

Answer

$$y'=-\frac{1}{2v\sqrt{v-1}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$y=\sin^{-1}\Big(\frac{1}{\sqrt{v}}\Big)\hspace{1cm}v \gt1$$ According to the Chain Rule, we have $$y'=\frac{d}{dv}\sin^{-1}\Big(\frac{1}{\sqrt{v}}\Big)$$ $$y'=\frac{d}{d\Big(\frac{1}{\sqrt v}\Big)}\sin^{-1}\Big(\frac{1}{\sqrt{v}}\Big)\times\frac{d}{dv}\Big(\frac{1}{\sqrt v}\Big)$$ $$y'=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\Big(\frac{1}{\sqrt v}\Big)^2}}\times\frac{(1)'\sqrt v-1(\sqrt v)'}{v}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{v}}}\times\frac{0\times\sqrt v-\frac{1}{2\sqrt v}}{v}$$ $$y'=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{v}}}\times\Big(-\frac{\frac{1}{2\sqrt v}}{v}\Big)=-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{v}}}\times\frac{1}{2v\sqrt v}$$ $$y'=-\frac{1}{2v\sqrt{v\Big(1-\frac{1}{v}\Big)}}=-\frac{1}{2v\sqrt{v-1}}$$
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