Covariant Derivative derivation.

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Homework Statement


Using the Leibniz rule and:
[tex]\nabla_{c}X^{a}=\partial_{c}X^a+\Gamma_{bc}^{a}X^b[/tex]
[tex]\nabla_{a}\Phi=\partial\Phi[/tex]

Show that [itex]\nabla_c X_a = \partial_c X_a - \Gamma^{b}_{ac}X_{b}[/itex].
The question is from Ray's Introducing Einsteins relativity,

My attempt:
[tex]\nabla_c(X^aX_a)=\nabla_c(X^a)X_a+X^a\nabla_c(X_a)[/tex]
[tex]= (\partial_{c}X^a+\Gamma_{bc}^{a}X^b)X_a+X^a\nabla_c(X_a)[/tex]

From here I'm not sure how to introduce the scaler field phi, or how doing so would help. Cheers for any help!
 
Of course! The left hand side is exactly the scaler field I need. All comes out nicely after that! Thank you sir,