DIFFERENTIATION OF INVERSE

TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
()

()
sin1

1.

cos1

2.

sin1

()

()
1

1 2

cos1

1
1

3.

tan1

1
1 + 2

tan1

x
1 + 2

4.

cot1

1
1 + 2

cot1

x
2
1+

5.

sec1

sec1

csc1

6.

|| 2 1
1

|| 2 1

1
||2 1

csc1

1
||2 1

Example 1
Find

dy
dx

for = sin1 (4)

Solution:
= 4

=4

= sin1 ()

1
1

1
1 (4)2

x4

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Example 2
Find

dy
dx

for = tan1 (2 1)

Solution:
= (2 1)

=2

= tan1 ()

x
1 + 2

1
x2
1 + (2 1)2

2
1 + (2 1)2

2
1 + 4 2 4 + 1

2
4 2 4 + 2

2
2(2 2 2 + 1)

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Exercise 1
Determine
1.

for the following equations:

= ()

2.

= ( )
=

3.

= ( + . )
=

4.

+ + .

= ( )

5.

= ( + ) ()
=

( + )

+ ()

+ = ( + )

8.

= (
) + () ( )
+

7.

= ()

6.

( + )

( + )
+ ( + )

( + ) + =

( + )
+ ( + )

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