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6 Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions

y = arcsin x
y = arccos x
y = arctan x
y = arccot x
y = arcsec x
y = arccsc x

These can be written as y = sin-1x rather than y = arcsinx

sin-1x does NOT mean 1

sinx

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Example 1: Evaluate the derivative of sin y = x

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Example 2: Evaluate the derivative of cos y = x

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 MUST MEMORIZE!

These formulas are on page 177 in your books.

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Example 3: Find the derivative of:

y = sin-1 (1- t)

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Example 4: Find the derivative of:

y = sec-1 (5s)

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 Example 5: Find the derivative of:

y = arctan (x/2)

Example 6: Find the derivative of:

y = arccos (1/x)

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Example 7: Find the equation of the tangent line to
the graph of

y = tan-1x at x = - 2

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Example 8: page 180 #28

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Find the derivative of h(x) = x arctan (5x)

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Example 9: page 180 #33

Find the derivative of h(t) = sin(arccos(t))

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