Calculus AB Worksheet 25 Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions

1-15: Find the derivatives of the function.

1. f (x) = arcsin(x + 1) 10. h(x) = x2 arctan 5x

2. f (t) = arcsin t2 11. h(x) = arccot 6x
x
3. g(x) = 3 arccos 12. f (x) = arccsc 3x
2
4. f (x) = arcsec 2x 13. h(t) = sin(arccos t)
x
5. f (x) = arctan e
14. f (x) = arcsin x + arccos x
√
6. f (x) = arctan x √
15. y = 2x arccos x − 2 1 − x2
arcsin 3x
7. g(x) =
x 16. g(t) = tan(arcsin t)
arccos x
8. g(x) = 17. f (x) = arcsec x + arccsc x
x+1
√
9. g(x) = e2x arcsin x 18. y = x arcsin x + 1 − x2

Answers:

1 2t −3
1. p 2. √ 3. √
1 − (x + 1)2 1 − t4 4 − x2
1 ex 1
4. √ 5. 6. √ √
|x| 4x2 − 1 1 + e2x 2 x + 2x x
√ √
3x − 1 − 9x2 arcsin 3x x + 1 + 1 − x2 arccos x
 
2x 1
7. √ 8. − √ 9. e 2 arcsin x + √
x2 1 − 9x2 (x + 1)2 1 − x2 1 − x2
5x2 −6 −3
10. 2x arctan 5x + 11. 12. √
1 + 25x2 1 + 36x2 |3x| 9x2 − 1
−t
13. √ 14. 0 15. 2 arccos x
1 − t2
1
16. 17. 0 18. arcsin x
(1 − t2 )3/2