Trigonometry Examples

$arccot (x)$

Step 1

Interchange the variables.

$x = arccot (y)$

Step 2

Solve for $y$ .

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Step 2.1

Rewrite the equation as $arccot (y) = x$ .

$arccot (y) = x$

Step 2.2

Take the inverse arccotangent of both sides of the equation to extract $y$ from inside the arccotangent.

$y = \cot (x)$

Step 2.3

Remove parentheses.

$y = \cot (x)$

Step 3

Replace $y$ with $f^{- 1} (x)$ to show the final answer.

$f^{- 1} (x) = \cot (x)$

Step 4

Verify if $f^{- 1} (x) = \cot (x)$ is the inverse of $f (x) = arccot (x)$ .

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Step 4.1

To verify the inverse, check if $f^{- 1} (f (x)) = x$ and $f (f^{- 1} (x)) = x$ .

Step 4.2

Evaluate $f^{- 1} (f (x))$ .

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Step 4.2.1

Set up the composite result function.

$f^{- 1} (f (x))$

Step 4.2.2

Evaluate $f^{- 1} (arccot (x))$ by substituting in the value of $f$ into $f^{- 1}$ .

$f^{- 1} (arccot (x)) = \cot (arccot (x))$

Step 4.2.3

The functions cotangent and arccotangent are inverses.

$f^{- 1} (arccot (x)) = x$

Step 4.3

Evaluate $f (f^{- 1} (x))$ .

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Step 4.3.1

Set up the composite result function.

$f (f^{- 1} (x))$

Step 4.3.2

Evaluate $f (\cot (x))$ by substituting in the value of $f^{- 1}$ into $f$ .

$f (\cot (x)) = arccot (\cot (x))$

Step 4.4

Since $f^{- 1} (f (x)) = x$ and $f (f^{- 1} (x)) = x$ , then $f^{- 1} (x) = \cot (x)$ is the inverse of $f (x) = arccot (x)$ .

$f^{- 1} (x) = \cot (x)$