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Mar 30, 2017

x/sqrt(1-x^2)

Explanation:

Draw a right triangle with an angle theta, the hypotenuse 1, and the opposite side x. Notice that arcsin(theta)=x/1=x.

Now, we want to find the tangent of the angle theta. For this, we need to find the adjacent side. We can do this by using the Pythagorean Theorem: sqrt(1-x^2). The tangent of angle \theta is the opposite side divided by the adjacent side, or x/sqrt(1-x^2).

Mar 30, 2017

x/sqrt(1-x^2)

Explanation:

Here is another solution other than the one I posted above. We will use the identities 1+tan^2(theta)=sec^2(theta) and sin^2(theta)+cos^2(theta)=1.

From the first identity, we see that tan(theta)=sqrt(sec^2(theta)-1). We can rewrite tan(sin^-1(x)) as sqrt(sec^2(sin^-1(x))-1), which is equal to sqrt(1/cos^2(sin^-1(x))-1).

Now, by our second identity, cos^2(theta)=1-sin^2(theta). We can then rewrite sqrt(1/cos^2(sin^-1(x))-1) as sqrt(1/(1-sin^2(sin^-1(x)))-1). This can be furthered simplified to sqrt(1/(1-x^2)-1)=sqrt((1-(1-x^2))/(1-x^2))=sqrt(x^2/(1-x^2))=x/sqrt(1-x^2).

If you want the combination of trigonometric functions of inverse trigonometric functions, Wikipedia has a nice table here.