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Homework Statement


I have attached my question. I don't understand how A can turn into B? (the highlighted parts)


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I finished the whole question, but I don't understand why arcsec turns into arctan...
 
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  • Two worked antiderivative expressions with highlighted terms: A is 4(sqrt(1 - 16/x^2) x - 4 sec^-1(x/4)) + constant, and B is 4(sqrt(x^2 - 16) + 4 tan^-1(4/sqrt(x^2 - 16))) + constant, with a red arrow labelled A pointing to B.
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Draw a right triangle with acute angle α at the left and another acute angle β at the upper right. Label the hypotenuse as x and the base as 4. Then the altitude is sqrt(x2 - 16).

Then x/4 = sec(α), so α = sec-1(x/4).

And 4/sqrt(x2 - 16) = tan(β), so β = tan-1( 4/sqrt(x2 - 16)).

What can you say about the angles α and β?