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fashionista

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hey!!
i have this one derivative question, which, no matter how many times i try i don't get the right answer. Here goes:

if y=x.inversecos(2x)- 1/2.sqrt(1-4x^2) find dy/dx

please help i keep getting

[-2x/sqrt(1/4x^2)] [inversecos(2x)-1]
 

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hey for some reason i got inversecos(2x) as my answer. other stuff cancels out..
 

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err...just wondering how you could DIFFERENTIATE s/th to get an inverse function...? v confused please help
 

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shazzam said:
err...just wondering how you could DIFFERENTIATE s/th to get an inverse function...? v confused please help
Due to the product rule when differentiating.

jonjon hey for some reason i got inversecos(2x) as my answer. other stuff cancels out..
I also get dy/dx = arccos(2x)
 

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