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 March 2nd, 2016, 06:18 PM #1 Member   Joined: May 2015 From: Earth Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Confusion over the Fundamental Theorem So I've been looking at ways to rewrite arcsin, and I found this: arcsin (x/a) + C = the integral of 1 over the square root of a^2 minus x^2 dx This is correct But when I try to graph the DERIVATIVE of arcsin (x/a), I expected it to be the same graph as 1 over the square root of a^2 minus x^2 dx, which is the same thing as above but without the integral. However, this does not work, instead the a^2 must be a 1 for them to be the same. Why is this?
 March 2nd, 2016, 06:39 PM #2 Math Team   Joined: Dec 2013 From: Colombia Posts: 7,342 Thanks: 2465 Math Focus: Mainly analysis and algebra Are you graphing it correctly, or is your derivative incorrect? ${\mathrm d \over \mathrm d x}\arcsin {x \over a} = \frac1a {1 \over \sqrt{1- \left({x \over a}\right)^2}}$
March 2nd, 2016, 06:45 PM   #3
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What value did you use for the constant, $a$? I used $a=3$, and graphed both the derivative of $\arcsin(x/3)$ and $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{9-x^2}}$.

Note that I added 1 to the square root function, effectively shifting it up one unit so it could be seen ... without doing so, the two graphs were superimposed.
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 March 2nd, 2016, 08:48 PM #4 Member   Joined: May 2015 From: Earth Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 I see what I've done wrong, sorry guys, thanks for always offering help though!!

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