Evaluate sec(cos^-1(tan(sin^-1(a/b)))where a/b is a positive real number.

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Chapter2: Analytic Trigonometry
Section2.2: Verifying Trigonometric Identities
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 Evaluate sec(cos^-1(tan(sin^-1(a/b)))where a/b is a positive real number.

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If 

sin(u)=xu=sin-1(x)

then,

cos(sin-1(x))=cos(u)=1-(sin(u))2=1-x2

 

Thus for any angle x we have the following formula:

cos(sin-1(x))=1-x2

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