Lesson 7

Differentiation of
Trigonometric Functions
OBJECTIVES:
• to differentiate functions involving
trigonometric functions;
• to solve problems involving differentiation of
trigonometric functions; and
• to apply trigonometric identities to simplify the
functions.
.
The TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
Re call : C . Double Angle Formulas
Trigonometric Identities 1. sin 2 x  2sinxcosx
A. Re ciprocal Identities 2. cos 2 x  cos 2 x  sin 2 x
1 1
1. sin x   csc x   1  2 sin 2 x
csc x sin x
1 1  2 cos 2 x  1
2. cos x   sec x 
sec x cos x 2 tan x
3. tan 2 x 
sin x 1 1  tan 2 x
3. tan x  
cos x cot x D. Squared Identities
cos x 1
4. cot x   1. sin 2 x  cos 2 x  1
sin x tan x
B. Sum and Difference of Two Angles 2. 1  tan 2 x  sec 2 x
1. sin x  y   sin x cos y  cos x sin y 3. 1  cot 2 x  csc 2 x
2. cos x  y   cos x cos y  sin x sin y
tan x  tan y
3. tan x  y  
1  tan x tan y
 DIFFERENTIATION
FORMULA
Derivative of Trigonometric Function
For the differentiation formulas of the trigonometric functions,
all you need to know is the differentiation formulas of sin u
and cos u. Using these formulas and the differentiation
formulas of the algebraic functions, the differentiation
formulas of the remaining functions, that is, tan u, cot u, sec
u and csc u may be obtained.
Derivative of sin u where u  f x 
d
sin u   cos u du
dx dx
Derivative of cos u where u  f x 
d
cos u    sin u du
dx dx
Derivative of tan u where u  f x 
d
tan x   d  sin x 
dx dx  cos x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,

cosx 
d
sin x   sinx 
d
cos x 
d
tan x   dx dx
dx cosx 2

cosx cosx   sinx  sin x 
cos 2 x

cosx cosx   sinx  sin x 
cos 2 x
cos 2 x  sin 2 x 1
 
cos 2 x cos 2 x
d
tan x   sec 2 x
dx
d
Therefore tan u   sec 2 u du
dx dx
Derivative of cot u where u  f x 
d
cot x   d  1 
dx dx  tan x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,

0  1 tan x  0  1 sec 2 x

d
d
tan x   dx 
dx tanx 2
tanx 2
1

 sec 2 x cos 2
x  1
 2
 2 2
  csc 2
x
tan x sin x sin x
cos 2 x
d
cot x   - csc 2 x
dx
d
Therefore cot u   - csc 2u du
dx dx
Derivative of sec u where u  f x 
d
sec x   d  1 
dx dx  cos x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,

0  1 cos x  0  1 sin x 

d
d
tan x   dx 
dx cosx 2
cosx 2
 sin x sin x 1
 2
   tan x sec x
cos x cos x cos x
d
sec x   tan x sec x
dx
d du
Therefore sec u   tan u sec u
dx dx
Derivative of csc u where u  f x 
d
csc x   d  1 
dx dx  sin x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,

0  1 sin x  0  1cos x 

d
d
csc x   dx 
dx sin x 2
sin x 2
 cos x  cos x 1
 2
    cot x csc x
sin x sin x sin x
d
csc x    cot x csc x
dx
d du
Therefore csc u   - cot u csc u
dx dx
SUMMARY:
SUMMARY:

If u is a differentiable function of x, then the

following are differentiation formulas of the
trigonometric functions

d
sin u   cos u du d
cot u    csc u
2 du
dx dx dx dx
d
cos u    sin u du d
sec u   tan u sec u du
dx dx dx dx
d
tan u   sec 2 u du d
csc u    cot u csc u du
dx dx dx dx
A. Find the derivative of each of the following functions
and simplify the result:
1. f x  2 sin 3 x 
3. hx   cos 2 1  3 x 2 
f ' x   2cos 3 x 3
 
hx   cos 1  3 x 2 
2

 6 cos 3 x
h' x   2cos 1  3 x  sin1  3 x  6 x 
2 2

 6 x2 cos1  3 x sin1  3 x 

2 2

2. g x   e sin x
from sin 2 x  2 sin x cos x
h' x   6 x sin 21  3 x 2 
g' x   e sin x d
sin x
dx
1
e sin x
 cos x 
2 x
e sin x
 cos x x e sin x
 cos x
g' x  
x

2 x x 2x
4. y  3 sin 4 x 3 cos 4 x 3

      
y'  3 sin 4 x 3  sin 4 x 3 12 x 2  cos 4 x 3 cos 4 x 3 12 x 2 
from cos 2 x  cos 2 x  sin 2 x

  
y'  36 x 2 cos 2 4 x 3

y'  36 x 2 cos 8 x 3
5. f x   2 tan  x
x
2

 x  1 
f '  x   2 sec 2    1
 2  2 

f ' x   sec  1
2x
2

f ' x   tan 2
x
2
 x
6. hx   log tan
3 1 x
x  1  x 1  x 1 2 log 3 e
h' x  
1
h' x  
1
 log 3 e  sec 
2
 
tan
x 1  x  1  x 2
 1  x 2 sin 2 x
1 x 1 x
x 2 log 3 e  2 x 
log3 e1  x  x   1  x  1
cos  h' x   csc
h' x  
1  x 2 x 2 x 1  x   1  x 
2 

sin cos
1 x 1 x
log 3 e
h' x  
1 2
 
1  x 2 sin
x
cos
x 2
1 x 1 x
2 log 3 e
h' x  
1

1  x  2 sin
2
x
cos
x
1 x 1 x
7. y  sec 2 x 
cos 2 x

Apply ln on both sides

ln y  lnsec 2 x 
cos 2 x

ln y  cos 2 x lnsec 2 x 
By logarithmic differentiation
 1
1
 y'  cos 2 x  sec 2 x tan 2 x 2   lnsec 2 x  sin 2 x2 
y  sec 2 x 

 2 sin 2 x 
 y'  cos 2 x 
1
  2 sin 2 x ln sec 2 x
y  cos 2 x 
 2 sin 2 x 1  ln sec 2 x  y'  2 sin 2 x 1  ln sec 2 x y
y'  2 sin 2 x 1  ln sec 2 x sec 2 x 
cos 2 x
8. hx  
2 cot x
1  cot 2 x

h' x  
1  cot x2 csc x1 2 cot x2 cot x csc x1
2 2 2

1  cot x 2 2

h' x  
2 csc 2 x
2 cot 2
 1  cot 2 x 
1  cot x 2 2

cot x  1
2
2 csc x
 2

csc x 
2 2

2cot x  1  cos x 
 2 sin x 
2 2
h' x   2
2
2
 1
csc x sin  x 
 cos 2 x  sin 2 x 

h' x   2 sin x 2
2
 
 sin x 
h' x   2 cos 2 x
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9. F x   csc x 3  1 
F'  x  
 cscx 3
  
 1 cot x 3  1 3 x 2
2 cscx  1
3

F'  x   
3 x 2
  
csc x 3  1 cot x 3  1   
csc x 3  1

2 csc x 3  1 
3 2 
 
F'  x    x cot x 3  1  csc x 3  1  
2 