DIFFERENTIATING

INVERSE
TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS
Prepared by:
Saldaña, Jomari James O.
INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC
DERIVATIVES

𝑑𝑢 −𝑑𝑢
𝑑 sin−1 𝑢 = 𝑑 cos −1 𝑢 =
1 − 𝑢2 1 − 𝑢2
𝑑𝑢 −𝑑𝑢
𝑑 sec −1 𝑢 = 𝑑 𝑐𝑠𝑐 −1 𝑢 =
𝑢 𝑢2 − 1 𝑢 𝑢2 − 1
−1
𝑑𝑢 −1
−𝑑𝑢
𝑑 tan 𝑢 = 𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝑢 =
1 + 𝑢2 1 + 𝑢2
EXAMPLE 1.

𝑦 = sin−1 4𝑥

𝑑(4𝑥)
𝑦′ =
1 − 4𝑥 2

𝟒
𝒚′ =
𝟏 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐
EXAMPLE 2.

𝜃 = tan−1 3𝜑

𝑑(3𝜑)
𝜃′ = 2
1 + 3𝜑

′
𝟑
𝜽 =
𝟏 + 𝟗𝝋𝟐
EXAMPLE 3.

𝑥
𝑤 = tan−1
𝑎

𝑥
𝑑 𝑎
𝑤′ = 2
𝑥
1+ 𝑎

𝑎
𝑎 2
′
𝑤 =
𝑥2
1+ 2
𝑎
EXAMPLE 3. (continuation)

𝑎
𝑎 2
′
𝑤 =
1 𝑎 2 + 𝑥 2 (1)
𝑎2

𝒂
𝒘′ =
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒙 𝟐
EXAMPLE 4.

𝑥
𝑤 = sin−1
𝑎

𝑥
𝑑 𝑎
𝑤′ =
𝑥 2
1− 𝑎

𝑎
𝑤′ = 𝑎2
𝑥2
1− 2
𝑎
EXAMPLE 4. (continuation)

1
𝑤′ = 𝑎
1 𝑎 2 − 𝑥 2 (1)
𝑎2

1
𝑤′ = 𝑎
1
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎

𝟏
𝒘′ =
𝒂𝟐 − 𝒙 𝟐
EXAMPLE 5.

𝑓(𝑤) = arctan(1 + 4𝑤)

𝑑(1 + 4𝑤)
𝑓′(𝑤) = 2
1 + 1 + 4𝑤

4
𝑓′ 𝑤 =
1 + 1 + 8𝑤 + 16𝑤 2

4
𝑓′ 𝑤 =
16𝑤 2 + 8𝑤 + 2

𝟐
𝒇′ 𝒘 =
𝟖𝒘𝟐 + 𝟒𝒘 + 𝟏
EXAMPLE 6.

𝑥 = arcsin(1 − 2𝑣)

𝑑(1 − 2𝑣)
𝑥′ =
1 − 1 − 2𝑣 2

−2
𝑥′ =
1 − (1 − 4𝑣 + 4𝑣 2 )

−2
𝑥′ =
4𝑣 − 4𝑣 2

−𝟏
𝒙′ =
𝒗 − 𝒗𝟐
EXAMPLE 7.

𝑦 = 1 + 𝑥 2 tan−1 𝑥 − 𝑥

𝑦 ′ = 1 + 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑑 tan−1 𝑥 + (tan−1 𝑥) ∙ 𝑑(1 + 𝑥 2 ) − 𝑑(𝑥)

𝑑 𝑥
𝑦′ = 1 + 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 tan −1 𝑥 − 𝑑(𝑥)
1 + 𝑥2

𝑦 ′ = 𝑑 𝑥 + 2𝑥 tan−1 𝑥 − 𝑑(𝑥)

𝒚′ = 𝟐𝒙𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
EXAMPLE 8.

𝑦 = arctan2 (𝑥 3 )

𝑦 ′ = 2(tan−1 𝑥 3 ) ∙ 𝑑(tan−1 𝑥 3 )

𝑑 𝑥3
𝑦 ′ = 2 tan−1 𝑥 3
1 + 𝑥3 2

3𝑥 2
𝑦′ =2 tan−1 𝑥 3
1 + 𝑥6

𝟐 ∙ 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 𝒙𝟑
𝟔𝒙
𝒚′ =
𝟏 + 𝒙𝟔
EXAMPLE 9.

𝑦= sin−1 𝑥

1
𝑦 = arcsin 𝑥 2

′
1 −
1
𝑦 = arcsin 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑑(sin−1 𝑥)
2

1 𝑑 𝑥
𝑦′ =
2 sin−1 𝑥 1− 𝑥 2

1
𝑦′ =
𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 𝒙 𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐
EXAMPLE 10.

1
𝑦 = arcsin 1+
𝑥

𝑥+1
𝑑 𝑥
𝑦′ =
2
𝑥+1
1− 𝑥

1
−2
1 𝑥+1 𝑥+1
∙ 𝑑
𝑦′ = 2 𝑥 𝑥
𝑥+1
1− 𝑥
EXAMPLE 10. (continuation)

1
−
1 𝑥+1 2 𝑥 1 − (𝑥 + 1)(1)
2 𝑥 𝑥2
y′ =
𝑥 − (𝑥 + 1)
𝑥

1
−
1 𝑥+1 −1 2

𝑦′ =
2 𝑥 𝑥2
−1
𝑥

1
−
𝑦′ = 2𝑥 2
𝑥 + 1 −1
𝑥 𝑥
EXAMPLE 10. (continuation)

1
−
𝑦′ = 2𝑥 2
−(𝑥 + 1)
𝑥2

1 𝑥2
𝑦′ = − 2
2𝑥 −𝑥 − 1

𝟏
𝒚′ =−
𝟐𝒙 −𝒙 − 𝟏
EXAMPLE 11.

𝑦= 𝑥−1 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 + sin−1 (𝑥 − 1)

𝑦′ = 𝑥 − 1 ∙ 𝑑 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑑 𝑥 − 1 + 𝑑 sin−1 𝑥 − 1

1 −
1 𝑑(𝑥 − 1)
𝑦′ = 𝑥−1 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 2 ∙ 𝑑(2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 ) + 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 1 +
2 1− 𝑥−1 2

(𝑥 − 1)(2 − 2𝑥) 1
𝑦′ = + 2𝑥 − 𝑥2 +
2 2𝑥 − 𝑥2 1 − (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1)

𝑥−1 1−𝑥 1
𝑦′ = + 2𝑥 − 𝑥2 +
2𝑥 − 𝑥2 −𝑥 2 + 2𝑥
EXAMPLE 11. (continuation)

− 𝑥−1 2 + 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 + 1
𝑦′ =
2𝑥 − 𝑥 2

− 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 − 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1
𝑦′ =
2𝑥 − 𝑥 2

−2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥
𝑦′ =
2𝑥 − 𝑥 2

2(2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 )
𝑦′ =
2𝑥 − 𝑥 2

𝒚′ = 𝟐 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒙𝟐
EXAMPLE 12.

𝑥
𝑦 = 2 sin−1
2

𝑥
𝑑 2
𝑦′ = 2
2
𝑥
1−
2

1
1 𝑥 −2 𝑥
∙𝑑 2
𝑦′ = 2 2 2
𝑥
1−2
EXAMPLE 12. (continuation)

2
𝑦′ = 4
𝑥 2−𝑥
2 2

′
1 2 2
𝑦 =
2 (𝑥)(2 − 𝑥)

𝟏
𝒚′ =
𝟐𝒙 − 𝒙𝟐
EXAMPLE 13.

𝑦 = 𝑥 sin−1 𝑥 + 1 − 𝑥 2

𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 ∙ 𝑑 sin−1 𝑥 + sin−1 𝑥 ∙ 𝑑 𝑥 + 𝑑 1 − 𝑥2

𝑑(𝑥) 1 −
1
𝑦′ =𝑥 + sin−1 𝑥 + 1 − 𝑥2 2 ∙ 𝑑(1 − 𝑥 2 )
1− 𝑥 2 2

𝑥 −2𝑥
𝑦′ = + sin−1 𝑥 +
1 − 𝑥2 2 1 − 𝑥2
EXAMPLE 13. (continuation)

2𝑥 + 2 1 − 𝑥 2 (sin−1 𝑥) − 2𝑥
𝑦′ =
2 1 − 𝑥2

2 1 − 𝑥 2 (sin−1 𝑥)
𝑦′ =
2 1 − 𝑥2

𝒚′ = 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 𝒙
EXAMPLE 14.

𝑥 𝑥
𝑦= − sin−1
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 𝑎

𝑥
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑑 𝑥 − 𝑥 ∙ 𝑑 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 𝑑 𝑎
𝑦′ = 2 −
𝑥 2
𝑎2 − 𝑥2 1− 𝑎

1 1
𝑎2 − 𝑥2 − 𝑥 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 −2
∙ 𝑑 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 1
𝑦′ = − 𝑎
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 𝑥2
1− 2
𝑎

−2𝑥 1
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 2
2 𝑎 −𝑥 −2 𝑎
𝑦′ = 2 2
𝑎 −𝑥 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎2
EXAMPLE 14. (continuation)

2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 2 1
𝑦′ = 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑎
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 1 2
𝑎 − 𝑥2
𝑎

(𝑎 2 −𝑥 2 ) + 𝑥 2 1
𝑦′ = 3 −
𝑎2 − 2
𝑥 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2

(𝑎 2 −𝑥 2 ) + 𝑥 2 − (𝑎 2 − 𝑥 2 )
𝑦′ = 3
𝑎2 − 2
𝑥 2

𝒙𝟐
𝒚′ = 𝟑
𝒂𝟐 − 𝟐
𝒙 𝟐
EXAMPLE 15.

𝑥
𝑦 = 𝑎 2 sin−1 − 𝑥 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎

𝑥
𝑦 ′ = 𝑎 2 ∙ 𝑑 sin−1 − 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑑 𝑥 + 𝑥 ∙ 𝑑 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎

𝑥
𝑑 𝑥 −2𝑥
𝑦 ′ = 𝑎2 𝑎 − 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 +
𝑥 2 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
1− 𝑎
EXAMPLE 15. (continuation)

1
′ 2 𝑎 −𝑥 2
𝑦 =𝑎 − 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 −
1 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎

𝑎2 − 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2
𝑦′ =
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2

𝟐𝒙𝟐
𝒚′ =
𝒂𝟐 − 𝒙 𝟐
EXAMPLE 16.

𝑥 𝑎 2 − 𝑥2
𝑦 = sin−1 +
𝑎 𝑥

𝑥
𝑑 𝑎 𝑥∙𝑑 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 ∙ 𝑑(𝑥)
′
𝑦 = +
𝑥 2 𝑥2
1− 𝑎

1 −2𝑥
𝑥 − 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2
𝑎 2
2 𝑎 −𝑥 2
𝑦′ = +
1 𝑥2
𝑎 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2

−𝑥 2 − (𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 )
′
1 𝑎 2 − 𝑥2
𝑦 = +
2
𝑎 −𝑥 2 𝑥2
EXAMPLE 16. (continuation)

−𝑎2
1 2 𝑥2
𝑦′ = + 𝑎 −
𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 𝑥2

1 𝑎2
𝑦′ = −
𝑎2 − 𝑥2 𝑥 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2

𝑥 2 − 𝑎2
𝑦′ =
𝑥 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2

−(𝑎 2 − 𝑥 2 )
𝑦′ =
𝑥 2 𝑎2 − 𝑥 2

−𝟏
𝒚′ =
𝒙 𝟐 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒙 𝟐
EXAMPLE 17.

𝑎
𝑦 = sin−1
𝑥

𝑎
𝑑 𝑥
𝑦′ =
𝑎 2
1− 𝑥

𝑥 0 − 𝑎(1)
𝑥 2
′
𝑦 =
𝑥 2 − 𝑎2
𝑥2
EXAMPLE 17. (continuation)

𝑎
−
𝑦′ = 𝑥2
1
𝑥 𝑥 2 − 𝑎2

−𝒂
𝒚′ =
𝒙 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂 𝟐
EXAMPLE 18.

𝑎
𝑦 = tan−1
𝑥

𝑎
𝑑 𝑥
𝑦′ = 2
𝑎
1+ 𝑥

𝑥 0 − 𝑎(1)
𝑦′ = 𝑥2
𝑎 2
1+ 𝑥
EXAMPLE 18. (continuation)

𝑎
−2
′
𝑦 = 2 𝑥
𝑥 + 𝑎2
𝑥2

−𝒂
𝒚′ =
𝒙 𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐