SOLUTION: If f(cosx) = cotx and 0 < x < 0.2 find a formula for f(2x)

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Question 1199977: If f(cosx) = cotx and 0 < x < 0.2 find a formula for f(2x)
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If f(cosx) = cot(x) and 0 < x < 0.2 find a formula for f(2x)
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In the interval  0 < x < 0.2, the cotangent function, expressed in terms of cos(x), is

    cot(x) = cos%28x%29%2Fsin%28x%29 = cos%28x%29%2Fsqrt%281-cos%5E2%28x%29%29.


It means that the analytical expression for f(x) in terms of x is

    f(x) = x%2Fsqrt%281-x%5E2%29.


Then  f(2x) = %282x%29%2Fsqrt%281-%282x%29%5E2%29 = %282x%29%2Fsqrt%281-4x%5E2%29.


ANSWER.  If f(cosx) = cot(x) and 0 < x < 0.2, then f(2x) = %282x%29%2Fsqrt%281-4x%5E2%29.

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