That's true but aspirin is not synthesized using the traditional method of an alcohol+carboxylic acid. Instead, we have to make an acid anhydride first.
My question is how do we apply this method to the synthesis of phenyl salicylate?
The question asks to suggest a method to synthesize phenyl salicylate.
It's an extension question that I know involves using a method similar to the one used to synthesize aspirin (i.e. dehydrate acetic acid to produce acetic anhydride and then combine that with salicylic acid to form aspirin)...