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This document discusses the derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions. It provides examples of finding the derivatives of y = Sin-1(x), y = Tan-1(x), and y = Cos-1(x) by taking the derivative of both sides of the equation defining the inverse trig function. The derivatives are derived to be 1/√(1-x2) for y = Sin-1(x) and y = Cos-1(x), and 1/(1+x2) for y = Tan-1(x). Several practice problems are then provided to find the derivatives of additional inverse trig functions.

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Derivatives PDF

This document discusses the derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions. It provides examples of finding the derivatives of y = Sin-1(x), y = Tan-1(x), and y = Cos-1(x) by taking the derivative of both sides of the equation defining the inverse trig function. The derivatives are derived to be 1/√(1-x2) for y = Sin-1(x) and y = Cos-1(x), and 1/(1+x2) for y = Tan-1(x). Several practice problems are then provided to find the derivatives of additional inverse trig functions.

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DERIVATIVES OF INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

1. Implicit differentiation
In math 1, we learned about the function ln x being the inverse of the function
ex . Remember that we found the derivative of ln x by differentiating the equation
ln x = y.
First, you wrote it in terms of functions that we knew:
x = ey
Then, we took the derivative of both sides
dy
1 = ey .
dx
Then, since ey = x, we simplified to
dy
1=x
dx
and concluded by dividing both sides by x to get
1 dy
= .
x dx
2. Inverse trig functions
We will do the same for the inverse trig functions. The process is the same, it is
just a little hard to simplify.
dy
Example 1. Find the when y = Sin−1 (x).
dx
Solution. Again we start by writing it in terms of functions we know better, so
sin(y) = x
 
−π π
for y ∈ , . Now, take the derivative of both sides,
2 2
dy
cos(y) = 1.
dx
Now y = Sin−1 (x) so we need to simplify cos(Sin−1 (x)). We did this in Example 5
of the previous packet where we showed
p
cos(Sin−1 (x)) = 1 − x2 .
So we conclude that
dy 1
=√ .
dx 1 − x2

1
2 DERIVATIVES

Patterning our work after the example we can show that


dy 1
(1) for y = Tan−1 (x), we get =
dx 1 + x2
dy −1
(2) for y = Cos−1 (x), we get =√
dx 1 − x2
3. Problems
Repeat the Example for
(1) y = Tan−1 (x)
(2) y = Cos−1 (x)
Find the derivatives of the following functions
(1) f (x) = Sin−1 (2x − 1).
(2) h(x) = (1 + x2 )Tan−1 (x).
−1
(3) y = cost t .
(4) g(x) = Tan −1
(sin(x)).
x q
(5) y = Tan−1 + ln x−a
x+a .
√ a
(6) F (t) = 1 − t2 + Sin−1 t.
(7) f (x) = x sin xCos−1 x
(8) y = (Sin−1 x)2
(9) y = Sin−1 x2
(10) U (t) = eTan t .
−1

Solutions to the odd numbered ones of the last 10:


• (1) √ 2 2
1−(2x−1)
√ −t −cos−1 t
1−t2
• (3) t2
−1  
(x+a)−(x−a)
1 1
2 ( x−a
x+a )
2
(x+a)2
• (5) a
2 + q
1+(x
a ) x−a
x+a
 
• (7) sin x cos−1 x + x cos x cos−1 x − √sin x
1−x2
• (9) √ 2x
1−x4

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