Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.2 The Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Continued) - 7.2 Assess Your Understanding - Page 458: 62

Answer

$\frac{1}{\sqrt {u^2+1}}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Letting $cot^{-1}u=t$, we have $cot(t)=u$ and $-\frac{\pi}{2}\le t \le \frac{\pi}{2}$ Step 2. Form a right triangle with sides $x=|u|,y=1,r=\sqrt {u^2+1}$ and angle $|t|$ facing $y$. Step 3. As $sin(t)$ and $cot(t)$ have the same sign in the above interval, we have $sin(cot^{-1}u)=sin(t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt {u^2+1}}$
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