Find dy/dx if y = ∫(From cos x to 0) 1/(1 - t²) dt.

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Recognize that the function y is defined as a definite integral with variable limits: \(y = \int_{\cos x}^{0} \frac{1}{1 - t^{2}} \, dt\).

Rewrite the integral by switching the limits to have the lower limit smaller than the upper limit, which changes the sign: \(y = - \int_{0}^{\cos x} \frac{1}{1 - t^{2}} \, dt\).

Apply the Leibniz rule for differentiation under the integral sign with variable limits. For \(y = \int_{a(x)}^{b(x)} f(t) \, dt\), the derivative is \(\frac{dy}{dx} = f(b(x)) \cdot b'(x) - f(a(x)) \cdot a'(x)\).

Since the integral now has fixed lower limit 0 and upper limit \(\cos x\), differentiate accordingly: \(\frac{dy}{dx} = - \frac{1}{1 - (\cos x)^{2}} \cdot (-\sin x)\), where \(b(x) = \cos x\) and \(b'(x) = -\sin x\).

Simplify the expression for \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) by carefully handling the negative signs and using the Pythagorean identity \(1 - \cos^{2} x = \sin^{2} x\) to express the derivative in simplest form.

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