Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Function

𝑑 1 𝑑𝑢
[sin−1 𝑢] = ∙
𝑑𝑥 √1 − 𝑢2 𝑑𝑥

𝑑 −1
1 𝑑𝑢
[cos 𝑢] = − ∙
𝑑𝑥 √1 − 𝑢 𝑑𝑥
2

𝑑 1 𝑑𝑢
[tan−1 𝑢] = ∙
𝑑𝑥 1 + 𝑢2 𝑑𝑥

𝑑 1 𝑑𝑢
[cot −1 𝑢] = − ∙
𝑑𝑥 1 + 𝑢2 𝑑𝑥

𝑑 −1
1 𝑑𝑢
[sec 𝑢] = ∙
𝑑𝑥 |𝑢|√𝑢2 − 1 𝑑𝑥

𝑑 1 𝑑𝑢
[csc −1 𝑢] = − ∙
𝑑𝑥 |𝑢|√𝑢2 − 1 𝑑𝑥
Find the derivative

1. 𝑦 = sin−1 3𝑥
1 𝑑
𝑦′ = ∙ (3𝑥 )
√1 − (3𝑥 )2 𝑑𝑥
3
𝑦′ =
√1 − 9𝑥 2

1
2. 𝑦 = sin−1 (𝑥)
1 𝑑 1
𝑦′ = ∙ ( )
𝑑𝑥 𝑥
√1 − 12
𝑥

1 1
𝑦′ = ∙ −
𝑥 2−1 𝑥2
√ 2
𝑥

′
1
𝑦 = −
𝑥√𝑥 2 − 1

3. 𝑦 = tan−1 (𝑥 3 )
1 𝑑 3
𝑦′ = ∙ (𝑥 )
1 + (𝑥 3 )2 𝑑𝑥
 2
3𝑥
𝑦′ =
1 + 𝑥6

4. 𝑦 = (𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 )−1
𝑑
𝑦 = −1(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 )−2 ∙
′ (𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥
𝑦 = −1(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 ) ∙ sec 2 𝑥
′ −2

′
sec 2 𝑥
𝑦 =−
tan2 𝑥
1
cos2 𝑥
𝑦′ = − sin2 𝑥
cos2 𝑥
1
𝑦 ′ = − sin2 𝑥

𝑦 ′ = − csc 2 𝑥

5. 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 sec −1 𝑥 (𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒)

𝑑 𝑑 𝑥
𝑦′ = 𝑒 𝑥 ∙ (sec −1 𝑥) + sec −1 𝑥 ∙ (𝑒 )
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
′
𝑒𝑥
𝑦 = + ex sec −1 𝑥
|𝑥 |√𝑥 2 − 1

6. 𝑦 = sin−1 𝑥 + cos −1 𝑥
1 𝑑 −1 𝑑
𝑦′ = ∙ ( 𝑥 ) + ∙ (𝑥 )
√1−𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 √1−𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
1 1
𝑦′ = −
√1 − 𝑥 2 √1 − 𝑥 2
 𝑦′ = 0

7. 𝑦 = sec −1 𝑥 + csc −1 𝑥
1 𝑑 −1 𝑑
𝑦′ = ∙ (𝑥 ) + ∙ (𝑥)
2
|𝑥|√𝑥 − 1 𝑑𝑥 2
|𝑥 |√𝑥 − 1 𝑑𝑥
1 1
𝑦′ = −
|𝑥 |√𝑥 2 − 1 |𝑥 |√𝑥 2 − 1
𝑦′ = 0

8. 𝑦 = cot −1 (√𝑥)
1 𝑑
𝑦′ = − 2 ∙ 𝑑𝑥 (√𝑥)
1−(√𝑥)

′
1 1
𝑦 = − ∙
1 − 𝑥 2 √𝑥
1
𝑦′ =
2√𝑥(1 − 𝑥 )

𝑥+1
9. 𝑦 = cos −1 ( )
2
′
1 𝑑 𝑥+1
𝑦 =− ∙ ( )
2 𝑑𝑥 2
√1 − (𝑥 + 1)
2
′
1 2
𝑦 = − ∙
2 4
√4 − (𝑥 + 1)
4
1 1
𝑦′ = − ∙
√4 − (𝑥 + 1)2 2
2
 ′
1
𝑦 = −
√4 − (𝑥 + 1)2

10. y = sec −1 (𝑥 5 )
1 𝑑 5
𝑦′ = ∙ (𝑥 )
5 5
|𝑥 |√(𝑥 ) − 12 𝑑𝑥
′
5𝑥 4
𝑦 =
|𝑥 5 |√𝑥 10 − 1