Question

Find the derivative of ln(secx+tanx)

Answer 1

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Find the derivative of

$\mathsf{y=\ell n(sec\,x+tan\,x)}\\\\\\ \mathsf{y=\ell n\!\left(\dfrac{1}{cos\,x}+\dfrac{sin\,x}{cos\,x} \right )}\\\\\\ \mathsf{y=\ell n\!\left(\dfrac{1+sin\,x}{cos\,x} \right )}$


You can treat  y  as a composite function of  x:

$\left\{\! \begin{array}{l} \mathsf{y=\ell n\,u}\\\\ \mathsf{u=\dfrac{1+sin\,x}{cos\,x}} \end{array} \right.$


so use the chain rule to differentiate  y:

$\mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{dy}{du}\cdot \dfrac{du}{dx}}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{d}{du}(\ell n\,u)\cdot \dfrac{d}{dx}\!\left(\dfrac{1+sin\,x}{cos\,x}\right)}$


The first derivative is  1/u, and the second one can be evaluated by applying the quotient rule:

$\mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{u}\cdot \dfrac{\frac{d}{dx}(1+sin\,x)\cdot cos\,x-(1+sin\,x)\cdot \frac{d}{dx}(cos\,x)}{(cos\,x)^2}}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{u}\cdot \dfrac{(0+cos\,x)\cdot cos\,x-(1+sin\,x)\cdot (-\,sin\,x)}{(cos\,x)^2}}$


Multiply out those terms in parentheses:

$\mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{u}\cdot \dfrac{cos\,x\cdot cos\,x+(sin\,x+sin\,x\cdot sin\,x)}{(cos\,x)^2}}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{u}\cdot \dfrac{cos^2\,x+sin\,x+sin^2\,x}{(cos\,x)^2}}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{u}\cdot \dfrac{(cos^2\,x+sin^2\,x)+sin\,x}{(cos\,x)^2}\qquad\quad (but~~cos^2\,x+sin^2\,x=1)}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{u}\cdot \dfrac{1+sin\,x}{(cos\,x)^2}}$


Substitute back for  $\mathsf{u=\dfrac{1+sin\,x}{cos\,x}:}$

$\mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{~\frac{1+sin\,x}{cos\,x}~}\cdot \dfrac{1+sin\,x}{(cos\,x)^2}}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{cos\,x}{1+sin\,x}\cdot \dfrac{1+sin\,x}{(cos\,x)^2}}$


Simplifying that product, you get

$\mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{1+sin\,x}\cdot \dfrac{1+sin\,x}{cos\,x}}\\\\\\ \mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{cos\,x}}$


∴     $\boxed{\begin{array}{c}\mathsf{\dfrac{dy}{dx}=sec\,x} \end{array}}\quad\longleftarrow\quad\textsf{this is the answer.}$


I hope this helps. =)


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