菲律宾郊亚鄢南星學校

Nan Sing School of Cauayan City, Incorporated

Dalupang St., Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines 3305
Telefax No. (078) 652-2040
School ID: 400424

MODULE 4
THE DIFFERENTIATION RULES FOR TRIGONOMETRIC AND EXPONENTIAL
FUNCTIONS

1
Time Allotment: 1 hour
2

-solve problems (including logarithmic, and inverse

Learning trigonometric functions) using implicit differentiation
Outcomes
At the end of this -solve situational problems involving related rates
lesson, you are expected
to:

Derivative of the Sine Function

d
If y=sin x , then sin x=cos x .
dx

EXAMPLE 1:
Differentiate y=sin(4 x) EXAMPLE 2:
Differentiate y=xsin(2 x )
Solution:
y=sin ( 4 x ) Solution:
y=xsin( 2 x )
' d
y =cos ⁡(4 x) (4 x)
dx ' d d
y =xcos ( 2 x ) 2 x +sin(2 x ) x
dx dx
¿ cos ( 4 x ) ( 4 )
¿ xcos ( 2 x ) (2 )+ sin (2 x ) (1 )
'
y =4 cos ⁡(4 x)
¿ 2 xcos ( 2 x )+ sin(2 x)

Derivative of the Cosine Function

d
If y=cos x , then cos x=−sin x .
dx

'
EXAMPLE 1: y =−2 sin(2 x )
Differentiate y=cos ⁡( 2 x )
EXAMPLE 2:
Solution: Differentiate y=co s 2 x
y=cos ⁡( 2 x )
Solution:
' d 2
y=co s x
y =−sin ⁡(2 x) (2 x)
dx
' 2
y =( cos ⁡(x ) )
¿−sin ( 2 x ) (2)
¿2¿

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 菲律宾郊亚鄢南星學校
Nan Sing School of Cauayan City, Incorporated
Dalupang St., Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines 3305 - Catalyst of Change -
Telefax No. (078) 652-2040
School ID: 400424

'
y =−2 cos ( x ) sin( x )

Derivative of the Tangent Function

d 2
If y=tan x , then tan x=sec x .
dx

Proof :
sin x 2
cos x+ sin x
2
tan x= ¿
cos x 2
cos x

d
dx
tan x=
d sin x
dx cos x( ) ¿
1
2
cos x

d d ¿ sec x
2
cos x sin x−sin x cos x
dx dx
¿ 2
cos x d 2
tan x=sec x
dx
' 2
y =4 sec ( 4 x−1)
EXAMPLE 1:
Differentiate y=tan ⁡( 4 x−1)
EXAMPLE 2:
Solution: Differentiate y=tan ⁡( sin x)
y=tan ⁡( 4 x−1)
Solution:
' 2 d y=tan ⁡( sin x)
y =sec (4 x −1) (4 x−1)
dx
' 2
y =sec ¿
2
¿ sec ( 4 x−1 ) (4)
'
y =¿

Derivative of the Cosecant Function

d
If y=csc x , then csc x=−csc x cot x .
dx

Proof :
1 0−cos x
csc x= ¿
sin x 2
sin x

d
dx
csc x=
d 1
dx sin x( ) ¿
−cos x
2
sin x

( )
d d 1 −cos x
sin x (1)−1 (sin x) ¿ ∙
dx dx sin x sin x
¿ 2
sin x
d
csc x=−csc x cot x
¿ sin x ( 0 )−1 ¿ ¿ dx

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 菲律宾郊亚鄢南星學校
Nan Sing School of Cauayan City, Incorporated
Dalupang St., Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines 3305 - Catalyst of Change -
Telefax No. (078) 652-2040
School ID: 400424

EXAMPLE :
Differentiate y=csc ⁡(2 x 2)

Solution:
2
y=csc ⁡(2 x )

d
y =−csc ( 2 x ) cot ⁡(2 x )
' 2 2 2
2x
dx

¿−csc ( 2 x2 ) cot ⁡(2 x 2 )(4 x )

y ' =−4 x csc ( 2 x 2 ) cot ⁡(2 x 2)

Derivative of the Secant Function

d
If y=sec x , then sec x=sec x tan x .
dx

EXAMPLE :
Differentiate y=2 sec x +50

Solution:
y=2 sec x +50
'
y =2 sec x tan x

Derivative of the Cotangent Function

d 2
If y=cot x , then cot x=−csc x .
dx

EXAMPLE :
Differentiate y=4 x 2 +cot x

Solution:
2
y=4 x +cot x

dy 2
=8 x+[−csc x]
dx
2
¿ 8 x−csc x

DERIVATIVE OF THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

The Derivative of e x
d x x x
If y=e x , then e =e ( 1 )=e
dx

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 菲律宾郊亚鄢南星學校
Nan Sing School of Cauayan City, Incorporated
Dalupang St., Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines 3305 - Catalyst of Change -
Telefax No. (078) 652-2040
School ID: 400424

EXAMPLE:

Differentiate y=e 4 x+7

SOLUTION:

Copy e 4 x+7 and then differentiate the exponent 4 x+7

4 x+7
y=e

' 4 x+7 d
y =e ( 4 x +7 )
dx
4 x+7
¿e ( 4)
4 x +7
¿4 e

DERIVATIVE OF THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

The Derivative of a u
d u u
If y=au , then a =a ln a
dx

EXAMPLE:

Differentiate y=10 5 x

SOLUTION:
u
da u du
=a ln a
dx dx
5x
y=10 ¿

dy 5x d
=10 ln ⁡( 10) (5 x ) (a=10∧u=5 x)
dx dx
5x
¿ 10 ln ⁡(10)(5)
5x
¿(5)10 ln ⁡(10)

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