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You must not confuse sin1xsin^{-1}x as 1sinx\frac{1}{\sin x}. The first means the inverse sin function not the recipricol.

To differentiate the inverse sin function you do the following:

little hint:

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full working:

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y=sin-1x

sin y = x
cos y = dx/dy
dy/dx=1/cos y

and....

sin y=x
sin^2y=x^2
1-cos^2y=x^2
(1-x^2)^1/2= cos y sub that into 1/cos y

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