SOLUTION: Simplify the given function by referring to the appropriate triangle or trigonometric identity.
{{{cos[tan^(-1)(x)]}}}
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: Simplify the given function by referring to the appropriate triangle or trigonometric identity.
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This question is from textbook Single Variable Calculus
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Simplify the given function by referring to the appropriate triangle or trigonometric identity.
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Draw a right triangle.
Let "a" be one of the small angles.
Let a = tan^-1(x)
Then the tan(a) = x/1
Lebel the side opposite "a" as "x", and the adjacent side as one.
Then, using Pythagoras", the hypotenuse is sqrt(1+x^2)
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Then cos(a) = 1/sqrt(1+x^2)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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