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# (a) One way of defining $\sec^{-1} x$ is to say that $y= \sec^{-1} x \Leftrightarrow \sec y = x$ and $0 \le y < \pi/2$ or $\pi \le y < 3\pi/2.$ Show that, with this definition,$\frac {d}{dx} (\sec^{-1} x) = \frac {1}{x \sqrt {x^2 - 1}}$(b) Another way of defining $\sec^{-1} x \Leftrightarrow \sec y = x$ and $0 \le y \le \pi, y \not= \pi/2.$ Show that, with this definition,$\frac {d}{dx} (\sec{-1} x) = \frac {1}{\mid x \mid \sqrt {x^2 -1}}$

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Oregon State University

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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Idaho State University

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