Derivatives of Inverse

Trigonometric Functions
𝑫𝒙 of Inverse Trigo Functions

1 1
𝐷! 𝑠𝑖𝑛"# 𝑥 = 𝐷! 𝑐𝑜𝑡 "# 𝑥 =−
1− 𝑥$ 1 + 𝑥$

1 1
𝐷! 𝑐𝑜𝑠 "# 𝑥 = − 𝐷! (𝑠𝑒𝑐 "# 𝑥) =
1− 𝑥$ 𝑥 𝑥$ − 1

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𝐷! 𝑡𝑎𝑛"# 𝑥 = 𝐷! 𝑐𝑠𝑐 "# 𝑥 =−
1 + 𝑥$ 𝑥 𝑥$ − 1
Higher Order Derivatives of
Functions
 Higher Order Derivatives

If the function 𝑓 is differentiable, then its derivative 𝒇′ is

sometimes called the first derivative of 𝑓 or the first derived
function.
If the function 𝑓′ is differentiable, then the derivative of 𝑓′ is
called the second derivative of 𝑓. The second derivative of 𝑓 is
denoted by 𝒇′′ (read as “𝑓 double prime”).
Similarly, the third derivative of 𝑓 is defined as the derivative of
𝑓′′ provided the derivative of 𝑓′′ exists. The third derivative of 𝑓
is denoted by 𝒇′′′ (read as “𝑓 triple prime).
 Higher Order Derivatives

The 𝑛!" derivative of the function 𝑓, where 𝑛 is a positive integer

greater than 1, is the derivative of the 𝑛 − 1 𝑠𝑡 derivative of 𝑓.
We denote the 𝑛!" derivative of 𝑓 by 𝑓 ($) , where 𝑛 is called the
order of the derivative. Thus, if 𝑓 ($) is the 𝑛!" derivative, we can
write the function 𝑓 itself as 𝑓 & 𝑥 .

Other symbols for the 𝑛!" derivative of 𝑓 are

1 !2
, 𝐷34 [𝑓 𝑥 ]
13 !
 EXAMPLES

1. Find all the derivatives of the function 𝑓 defined by

𝑓 𝑥 = 8𝑥 ! + 5𝑥 " − 𝑥 # + 7
𝑓 $ 𝑥 = 32𝑥 " + 15𝑥 # − 2𝑥
𝑓 $$ 𝑥 = 96𝑥 # + 30𝑥 − 2
𝑓 $$$ 𝑥 = 192𝑥 + 30
𝑓 ! 𝑥 = 192
𝑓 % 𝑥 =0
𝑓 & 𝑥 = 0, 𝑛 ≥ 5
 EXAMPLES
'" )
2. Compute
'( " ( #

1
𝐿𝑒𝑡 " = 𝑥 *"
𝑥
𝑑 *" *!
3
𝑥 = −3𝑥 = − !
𝑑𝑥 𝑥
𝑑# *" *%
12
#
𝑥 = 12𝑥 = %
𝑑𝑥 𝑥
 EXAMPLES
)
3. Find 𝐷(! %
𝑥 − )%( $

1 1 65
𝐿𝑒𝑡 5
= 𝑥
15𝑥 15
1 65 112
𝐷37 5
𝑥 − 𝑥 = 120𝑥 − 8
15 𝑥
 EXAMPLES

4. Find 𝐷(! (−4 cos 𝑥)

1"
5. Compute 3𝑒 3 + 𝑥 9
13 "

5
6. Find 𝑓 (𝑥) of 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑒 3 sin 𝑥 − 3𝑒 3 cos 𝑥

7. Find the third derivative of

𝑔 𝑥 = −4𝑥 : 𝑒 3 + 5𝑥𝑒 3 − 10𝑒 3
The Chain Rule
 EXAMPLES

1. 𝑓 𝑥 = 2𝑥 " − 5𝑥 # + 4 )+

2. 𝑓 𝑥 = 3𝑥 ; + 4𝑥 + 1

: 5
3. ℎ 𝑥 =
36<

<
4. 𝑔 𝑥 = 73 #=53 $6>3=9
 EXAMPLES
5. 𝑓 𝑥 = cos(2𝑥)

6. 𝑓 𝑥 = sin(𝑥 : + 3)

7. ℎ 𝑡 = tan(3𝑡 : + 2𝑡)

8. 𝑦 = sin(cos 𝑥)

9. 𝑔 𝑥 = sec 7 2𝑥 :
 EXAMPLES
10. 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑒 #(

11. 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑒 ?@A 3

12. ℎ 𝑥 = 𝑒 3 − 𝑒 63

13. 𝑦 = sin( 𝑥 ; + 1)

14. 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 tan 𝑥