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y=1-secx/tanx

 

using quotient rule i think

y=1-sexc

y'=1-secxtanx

y=tanx

y'=sec^2x

dont get the rest

 Sep 20, 2016
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derivative of   y=1-secx/tanx            We have    sec x  = 1/cos x and tan x = sin x / cos x

 

so  sec x/tan x    =  (1/cosx)/(tanx) = (1/cosx)   X   ( cosx/sinx)   =  1/sinx

then y= 1-1/sinx

dy/dx  = 0  - d/dx(-1/sinx)   = d/dx(  (sinx)^(-1) ).  Now use Chain Rule

d/dx ( (sinx)^(-1) )    = (-sinx)^(-2)   X     cosx

= (-cosx)/(sinx)(sinx)= -tanx cosecx.

 Sep 20, 2016
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Guest #1 I think your very last expression should be -cosecx/tanx   (because -sinx^-2*cosx → -cosx/sinx^2 → -(cosx/sinx)/sinx → -1/(tanx*sinx) → -cosecx/tanx)

Alan  Sep 20, 2016
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\(y = 1-\dfrac{\sec x}{\tan x} =1 - \sec x \cot x = 1- \dfrac{1}{\cos x \tan x}=1-\dfrac{1}{\sin x}\\ y'=(1-\dfrac{1}{\sin x})'=0-(\dfrac{\cos x}{\sin^2x})=-\dfrac{\cos x}{\sin^2x}\)

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 Sep 20, 2016

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