Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Circular Functions and Trigonometric Equations - Section 6.1 Inverse Circular Functions - 6.1 Exercises - Page 260: 100

Answer

$tan~(arccos~u) = \frac{\sqrt{1-u^2}}{u}$

Work Step by Step

Let $~~\theta = arccos~u$ Then $~~cos~\theta = u$ $tan~\theta = \frac{sin~\theta}{cos~\theta}$ $tan~\theta = \frac{\sqrt{1-cos^2~\theta}}{cos~\theta}$ $tan~\theta = \frac{\sqrt{1-u^2}}{u}$ Therefore, $~~tan~(arccos~u) = \frac{\sqrt{1-u^2}}{u}$
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