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y= (1-sec x) / tan x

2007-10-25 09:00:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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y = (1 - 1/cos x) / (sin x / cos x)
y = [(cos x - 1) / (cos x)] [ (cosx ) / sin x ]
y = [ cos x - 1] / sin x
y = cot x - cosec x
dy/dx = - cosec ² x + cosec x cot x
dy/dx = (cosec x) (cot x - cosec x)

2007-10-25 11:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by Como 7 · 0 0

Do the quotient rule. The cosines will cancel and you will be left with -sin x. I did not need to use trig identities, just the quotient rule. I did need to simplify tangent and secant to the sin x , cos x identities. Remember, sec x = 1/cos x and tan x = sin x/ cosx.

2007-10-25 16:24:24 · answer #2 · answered by james w 5 · 0 0

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