Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.6 - Inverse Trigonometric Functions - Exercises 7.6 - Page 420: 11

Answer

$-\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$

Work Step by Step

$y=\sin^{-1}x$ is the number in $[-\pi/2, \pi/2]$ for which $\sin y=x.$ Sine is an odd function, so $\displaystyle \sin(\frac{\pi}{6})=\frac{1}{2}$ (in Q I) which leads to $\displaystyle \sin(-\frac{\pi}{6})=-\frac{1}{2}$, $\displaystyle \tan(\sin^{-1}(-\frac{1}{2}))=\tan(-\frac{\pi}{6})=$ We note that tan is also an odd function; thus: $=-\displaystyle \tan\frac{\pi}{6}$ $=-\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
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