Question #8f8da

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Oct 18, 2017

pi*sec^2(pi*x)πsec2(πx)

Explanation:

tan(pi*x) = sin(pi*x)/cos(pi*x)tan(πx)=sin(πx)cos(πx)

...so, you can use the rule for finding the derivative of the quotient of two functions.

if f(x) = (u(x))/(v(x))f(x)=u(x)v(x), then f'(x) = (u'(x)v(x)-u(x)v'(x))/(v(x)^2)

so, for this function, you'd have:

(pi*cos(pi*x)cos(pi*x) + sin(pi*x)pi sin(pi*x))/cos^2(p*x)

Which simplifies to:

(pi(cos^2(pi*x) + sin^2(pi*x)))/cos^2(pi*x)

since cos^2(a) + sin^2(a) = 1, we can further simplify to:

pi/cos^2(pi*x)

and that is:

pi * sec^2(pi*x)

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