DERIVATIVES

Algebraic Functions Trigonometric Functions

Mudassir Akber Khan

d n d x = nx n 1. f ( x) dx dx d n d ii) cx = cnx n 1. x , where c is coefficient dx dx d n dy iii) y = ny n 1 dx dx d d n iv) n(ax 2 + bx + c) n 1 (ax 2 + bx + c) (ax 2 + bc + c)= dx dx
i) Natural And General Exponential And Log Functions

d d e =e . dx dx d d ii) a = a ln a dx dx d 1 d iii) ln = dx dx
i) iv)

d d sin = cos . dx dx d d ii) cos = sin . dx dx d d iii) tan = sec 2 . dx dx d d iv) cot = csc 2 dx dx d d v) sec = sec tan dx dx d d vi) csc = csc cot dx dx
i) Inverse Trigonometric Functions i)

d sin 1 dx d cos 1 dx d tan 1 dx d cot 1 dx d sec 1 dx d csc 1 dx

= = = = =

1 1 1 1 1 1+ 1 1+
2 2 2 2

d dx d dx

d log a dx

1 d . ln a dx

ii)

Sum, Difference, Product and Quotient Rules i) ii)

iii) iv) v)

. .

d dx d dx .

d d d (u v)= u v dx dx dx d d d = (uv) u v + v u dx dx dx v

1
2

d 1 dx d 1 dx .

d d u u v d u v.u ' u.v ' dx dx iii) ( )= or dx v v2 v2

vi)

1
2

For Inverse Trigonometric Functions i)

d d sin n = n sin n 1 cos dx dx d d ii) = cos n n cos n 1 ( sin ) dx dx d d iii) tan n = n tan n 1 sec 2 dx dx

iv) = n cot n 1 cot n

d d ( csc 2 ) dx dx d d v) sec n = n sec n 1 sec tan dx dx d d vi) = n csc n 1 ( csc cot ) csc n dx dx