Question
Find $\frac{dy}{dx}$ if $y=\sec ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2 x^{2}-1}\right), 0$

Answer

It is given that $y=\sec ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2 x^{2}+1}\right)$ 
$\Rightarrow \sec y=\frac{1}{2 x^{2}+1}$
$\Rightarrow \cos y = 2x^2 + 1$
$\Rightarrow 2x^2 = 1 + \cos y$
$\Rightarrow 2x^2 = 2\cos^2 \frac{y}{2}$
$\Rightarrow x = \cos \frac{y}{2}$
Differentiating w.r.t x, we get
$\frac{d}{d x}(x)=\frac{d}{d x}\left(\cos \frac{y}{2}\right)$ 
$\Rightarrow 1=-\sin \frac{\mathrm{y}}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}}\left(\frac{\mathrm{y}}{2}\right)$ 
$\Rightarrow \frac{-1}{\sin \frac{y}{2}}=\frac{1}{2} \frac{d y}{d x}$ 
$\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{-2}{\sin \frac{y}{2}}=\frac{-2}{\sqrt{1-\cos ^{2} \frac{y}{2}}}$ 
$\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{-2}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}$

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