Can you show me, step by step, how to differentiate (1-secx)/(1+secx)
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Can you show me, step by step, how to differentiate (1-secx)/(1+secx)

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-05-08] [Hit: ]
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I got very messy looking answers when I tried it. My graphing calculators answer was very different from my own.

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I'm going to start by converting everything to cos, since the derivative will be easier to work with.

Numerator: 1 - sec x = 1 - 1/cos x = (cos x - 1) / cos x
Denominator: 1 + sec x = 1 + 1 / cos x = (cos x + 1) / cos x

[(cos x - 1) / cos x] / [(cos x + 1) / cos x]
[(cos x - 1) / cos x] * [cos x / cos x + 1]
(cos x - 1) / (cos x + 1)

Quotient rule:
f = cos x - 1
f ' = -sin x
g = cos x + 1
g' = -sin x

d/dx (f / g) = (g*f ' - f * g') / g^2
((cos x + 1)(- sin x) - (cos x - 1)(-sin x) ) / (cos x + 1)^2
- cos x sin x - sin x + cos x sin x - sin x / (cos x + 1)^2
= -2 sin x / (cos x + 1)^2

Edited to add:

A textbook or computer program may give you - 2 sec x tan x / (1 + sec x)^2. This is equivalent to the answer I got:

- 2 sec x tan x / (1 + sec x)^2
-2 (1/cos x)(sin x / cos x) / (1 + 1 / cos x)^2
-2 (sin x / cos^2 x) / (1 + 1/cos x)^2
-2 sin x / [cos^2 x (1 + 1/cos x)^2]
-2 sin x / [cos x (1 + 1/cos x)]^2
-2 sin x / (cos x + 1)^2
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