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Calculus - Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

The document provides the derivatives of common trigonometric functions in a table. It then gives examples of taking the derivative of trigonometric functions with various arguments. Finally, it lists exercises to find the derivative of additional trigonometric functions and provides the answers.

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Calculus - Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

The document provides the derivatives of common trigonometric functions in a table. It then gives examples of taking the derivative of trigonometric functions with various arguments. Finally, it lists exercises to find the derivative of additional trigonometric functions and provides the answers.

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Calculus Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

The following table gives the derivatives of the trigonometric functions.

f (x) sin q cos q tan q csc q sec q cot q


f ' (x) cos q dq -sin q dq sec q dq -csc q cot q dq sec q tan q dq -csc2 q dq
2

Note: dq means the derivative of the argument of the trigonometric function

Examples:

a) f (x) = sin (2x) f ' (x) = cos (2x) • 2


= 2 cos (2x)

b) g (x) = cos (3x2) g ' (x) = - sin (3x2) • 6x


= - 6x sin (3x2)

c) h(x) = csc (x3 + x) h ' (x) = - csc (x3 + x) cot (x3 + x) • (3x2 + 1)
= - (3x2 + 1) csc (x3 + x) cot (x3 + x)

Exercises Find the derivative of each of the following functions.

a) y = cos (-4x) b) y = sin (3x + 2p)


c) y = 4 sin (-2x2 - 3) d) y = -½ cos (4 + 2x)
e) y = sin x2 f) y = -cos x2
g) y = sin-2(x3) h) y = cos (x2 - 2)2
i) y = 3 sin4(2 - x)-1 j) y = x cos x
k) y = x / (sin x) l) y = (sin x) / (1 + cos x)
m) y = (1 + cos2 x)6 n) y = sin (1/x)
o) y = sin (cos x) p) y = cos3 (sin x)
q) y = x cos (1/x) r) y = (sin2 x)/(cos x)
s) y = (1 + sin x)/(1 - sin 2x) t) y = sin3 x + cos3 x

Answers

a) -4 sin 4x b) 3 cos (3x + 2p) c) -16x cos (-2x2 - 3)


d) sin (4 + 2x) e) 2x cos x2 f) 2x sin x2
g) (-6x2 cos x3)/(sin3 x3) h) -4x(x2 - 2) sin (x2 - 2)2
i) [12 cos (2 - x)-1 sin3 (2 - x)-1](2 - x)-2 j) cos x - x sin x
k) (sin x - x cos x)/(sin2 x) l) (1 + cos x)-1
m) -6 sin 2x(1 + cos2 x)5 or -12 cos x sin x (1 + cos2 x)5
n) -x-2 cos (1/x)
o) - sin x cos (cos x) p) -3 cos x sin (sin x) cos2 (sin x)
q) x-1 sin x-1 + cos x-1 r) [sin x (2 cos2 x + sin2 x)]/ cos2 x
s) (cos x - cos x sin 2x + 2 cos 2x + 2 sin x cos 2x)/(1 - sin 2x)2
t) 3 sin x cos x (sin x - cos x)

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