Lesson 7

Differentiation of
Trigonometric Functions
OBJECTIVES:
• to differentiate functions involving trigonometric
functions;
• to solve problems involving differentiation of
trigonometric functions; and
• to apply trigonometric identities to simplify the
functions.
.
The TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
Re call : C . Double Angle Formulas
Trigonomet ric Identities 1. sin 2 x  2sinxcosx
A. Re ciprocal Identities 2. cos 2 x  cos 2 x  sin 2 x
1 1
1. sin x   csc x   1  2 sin 2 x
csc x sin x
1 1  2 cos 2 x  1
2. cos x   sec x 
sec x cos x 2 tan x
3. tan 2 x 
sin x 1 1  tan 2 x
3. tan x  
cos x cot x D. Squared Identities
cos x 1
4. cot x   1. sin 2 x  cos 2 x  1
sin x tan x
B . Sum and Difference of Two Angles 2. 1  tan 2 x  sec 2 x
1. sin x  y   sin x cos y  cos x sin y 3. 1  cot 2 x  csc 2 x
2. cos x  y   cos x cos y sin x sin y
tan x  tan y
3. tan x  y  
1 tan x tan y
 DIFFERENTIATION
FORMULA
Derivative of Trigonometric Function
For the differentiation formulas of the trigonometric functions, all
you need to know is the differentiation formulas of sin u and cos u.
Using these formulas and the differentiation formulas of the
algebraic functions, the differentiation formulas of the remaining
functions, that is, tan u, cot u, sec u and csc u may be obtained.
Derivative of sin u where u f x 
d
 sin u   cos u du
dx dx
Derivative of cos u where u f x 
d
 cos u    sin u du
dx dx
Derivative of tan u where u f x 
d
 tan x   d  sin x 
dx dx  cos x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,
d d
d
 cosx   sin x    sinx   cos x 
 tan x   dx dx
dx  cosx  2

 cosx  cosx    sinx   sin x 
cos 2 x

 cosx  cosx    sinx   sin x 
cos 2 x
cos 2 x  sin 2 x 1
 
cos 2 x cos 2 x
d
 tan x   sec 2 x
dx
d
Therefore  tan u   sec 2 u du
dx dx
Derivative of cot u where u f x 
d
 cot x   d  1 
dx dx  tan x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,
d
0   1  tan x  0   1 sec 2 x
d
 tan x   dx 
dx  tanx  2
 tanx  2
1

 sec 2 x cos 2
x  1
 2
 2 2
  csc 2
x
tan x sin x sin x
cos 2 x
d
 cot x   - csc 2 x
dx
d du
Therefore  
cot u  - csc u 2

dx dx
Derivative of sec u where u f x 
d
 sec x   d  1 
dx dx  cos x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,
d
0   1  cos x  0   1  sin x 
d
 tan x   dx 
dx  cosx  2
 cosx  2
 sin x sin x 1
 2
   tan x sec x
cos x cos x cos x
d
 sec x   tan x sec x
dx
d
Therefore  sec u   tan u sec u du
dx dx
Derivative of csc u where u f x 
d
 csc x   d  1 
dx dx  sin x 
u sin g derivative of quotient,
d
0   1  sin x  0   1 cos x 
d
 csc x   dx 
dx  sin x  2
 sin x  2
 cos x  cos x 1
 2
    cot x csc x
sin x sin x sin x
d
 csc x    cot x csc x
dx
d du
Therefore  csc u   - cot u csc u
dx dx
SUMMARY:
SUMMARY:

If u is a differentiable function of x, then the

following are differentiation formulas of the
trigonometric functions

d
 sin u   cos u du d
 cot u    csc u
2 du
dx dx dx dx
d
d
 cos u    sin u du  sec u   tan u sec u du
dx dx dx dx
d
 tan u   sec 2 u du d
 csc u    cot u csc u du
dx dx dx dx
A. Find the derivative of each of the following functions and
simplify the result:
1. f  x   2 sin 3 x 3. h x   cos 2 1  3 x 2 
f '  x   2 cos 3 x  3 
 
h x   cos 1  3 x 2  2

 6 cos 3 x
h'  x   2cos1  3 x    sin1  3 x    6 x 
2 2

 6 x 2 cos1  3 x   sin1  3 x  
2 2

2. g  x   e sin x
from sin 2 x  2 sin x cos x

g'  x   e sin x d
sin x

h'  x   6 x sin 2 1  3 x 2 
dx
1
e sin x
 cos x 
2 x
e sin x
 cos x x x e sin x
 cos x
g'  x   
2 x x 2x
4. y  3 sin 4 x 3 cos 4 x 3
 x
5. f  x   2 tan  x
2
 x
6. h x   log tan
3 1 x
1 x   1  x  1  x  1   2 log 3 e  1
h'  x    log 3 e  sec 
2
 h'  x   
tan
x 1  x   1  x  2
  1  x  2 sin 2 x
1 x 1 x
x  2 log 3 e   2 x 
 log 3 e  1  x  x 
cos
1  h'  x   csc
h'  x  
1  x 2
 1 x 
x x  1  x   1  x 
2 

sin cos 2
1 x 1 x
log 3 e 1 2
h'  x    
1  x 2 sin
x
cos
x 2
1 x 1 x

   2 log 3 e  1
h' x  
 1  x  2 sin
2
x
cos
x
1 x 1 x
7. y   sec 2 x 
cos 2 x

Apply ln on both sides

ln y  ln sec 2 x 
cos 2 x

ln y  cos 2 x ln sec 2 x 

By logarithmic differentiation
 1
1
 y'   cos 2 x    sec 2 x  tan 2 x  2     ln sec 2 x    sin 2 x 2 
y  sec 2 x 
1  2 sin 2 x 
 y'   cos 2 x     2 sin 2 x ln sec 2 x
y  cos 2 x 
  2 sin 2 x   1  ln sec 2 x  y'   2 sin 2 x   1  ln sec 2 x   y
y'   2 sin 2 x  1  ln sec 2 x  sec 2 x 
cos 2 x
 2 cot x
8. h x  
1  cot 2 x

h'  x  
1  cot x 2  csc x 1    2 cot x  2 cot x   csc x  1 
2 2 2

1  cot x  2 2

h'  x  
2 csc 2 x
2 cot 2
 1  cot 2 x 
1  cot x  2 2

cot x  1
2
2 csc x
 2

 csc x 
2 2

2 cot x  1  cos x 
  2 sin x 
2 2
h'  x   2
2
2
 1
csc x sin  x 
 cos 2 x  sin 2 x 
h'  x    2 sin x 
2
2

 sin x 
h'  x   2 cos 2 x
 
9. F  x   csc x 3  1 
F'  x  
  csc x 3
  
 1 cot x 3  1 3 x 2
2 csc x  1
3

F'  x   
3 x 2
  
csc x 3  1 cot x 3  1   
csc x 3  1

2 csc x 3  1 
3 2 
 
F'  x    x cot x 3  1  csc x 3  1  
2 