RULES OF DERIVATIVES OF
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 (𝟒 − 𝟐𝒙)
′
𝐲 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒 − 𝟐𝒙 . (−𝟐)
′
𝐲 = −𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒 − 𝟐𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟒 𝒔𝒊𝒏 (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑)
𝐲 ′ = 𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 . 𝟐 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 . (𝟎)
′
𝐲 = 𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟓𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 =
−𝟑
′
−𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟓𝒙 . 𝟓 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟓𝒙 (𝟎)
𝐲 =
−𝟑 𝟐
′
−𝟏𝟓 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟓𝒙
𝐲 =
𝟗
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒)
′
𝐲 = −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒 . (𝟐)
′
𝐲 = −𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒
𝟑
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 (𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑)
𝐲 ′ = 𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑 . (−𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑 . (𝟓)
𝐲 ′ = −𝟏𝟓 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 . 𝟏 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 . (𝟏)
𝐲′ =
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝒙
𝟐 𝟐
′
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝐲 =
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝒙
′
𝟏
𝐲 =
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝒙
′ 𝟐
𝐲 = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟓𝒙
′ 𝟐
𝐲 = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝟓𝒙 . (𝟓)
′ 𝟐
𝐲 = 𝟓 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝟓𝒙
𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙
𝐲 ′ = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝟐 𝒙𝟐 . (𝟐𝒙)
𝐲 ′ = 𝟐𝒙 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝟐 𝒙𝟐
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒚=
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
𝒚 = (𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐱)
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒚 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
′
𝐲 = −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝒙
′ 𝟐
𝐲 = 𝒙 −𝒄𝒔𝒄 𝒙 + 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝒙 . (𝟏)
′ 𝟐
𝐲 = −𝐱 𝒄𝒔𝒄 𝒙 + 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝒙
𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝟑𝒙
𝐲 ′ = −𝒄𝒔𝒄 𝟐 𝟑𝒙𝟐 . (𝟔𝒙)
𝐲 ′ = −𝟔𝒙 𝒄𝒔𝒄 𝟐 𝟑𝒙𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 (𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙)
𝐲 ′ = [𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 ] . (𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓)
𝐲 ′ = 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒔𝒄 (𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙)
𝐲 ′ = [−𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 ] . (𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓)
𝐲 ′ = −𝟔𝒙 − 𝟓 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙
𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 ∶
′
𝐟 𝐱 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐱 𝐲 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐱
𝐟 𝐱 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐱 ′
𝐲 = −𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐱
𝐟 𝐱 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐱 𝐲 ′ = 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝐱
𝐟 𝐱 = 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝐱 𝐲 ′ = −𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝟐 𝐱
𝐟 𝐱 = 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝐱 𝐲 ′ = 𝐬𝐞𝒄 𝐱 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐱
𝐟 𝐱 = 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝐱 𝐲 ′ = −𝐜𝐬𝒄 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝐱
RULES OF DERIVATIVES OF
RADICAL FUNCTIONS
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙𝟐
′
𝟔𝒙 𝟔𝒙
𝐲 = =
𝟐 𝟑𝒙 𝟐 𝟐𝒙 𝟑
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟑
= . =
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝒚′ = 𝟑
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟑
𝟑 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟐 (𝟑) 𝟗 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟐
𝐲′ = =
𝟐 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 (𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒
𝟗 (𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒
= .
𝟐 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒
𝟗 (𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒
=
𝟐(𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒)
𝟗 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒
𝒚′ =
𝟐
𝟑
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟒
𝟏 𝟏 −
𝟐
′
𝐲 = 𝒙−𝟒 𝟑 = 𝒙−𝟒 𝟑
𝟑
𝟏 𝟏
= 𝟐 = 𝟑
𝟑 𝒙−𝟒 𝟐
𝟑 𝒙−𝟒 𝟑
𝟑
𝟏 𝒙−𝟒
= 𝟑 𝟐
. 𝟑
𝟑 𝒙−𝟒 𝒙−𝟒
𝟑 𝟑
𝒙−𝟒 𝒙−𝟒
𝒚′ = =
𝟑 (𝒙 − 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐
𝟑
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
−
= 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙 𝟑 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝟑
𝟐𝒙 . (−𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙)(𝟐)
𝟑
−𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 𝟑
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙
= 𝟑 .𝟑
𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝟐𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙
𝟑
−𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙
=
𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙
RULES OF DERIVATIVES OF
EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC
FUNCTIONS
DIFFERENTIATING AN EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION
The process of differentiating functions by taking logarithms first and then
differentiating is called logarithmic differentiation. We utilize logarithmic
differentiation in circumstances where it is easier to differentiate the
logarithm of a function than to differentiate the function itself. This
approach allows calculating derivatives of power, rational and some
irrational functions in an efficient manner.
SUMMARY OF DERIVATIVE OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆𝟐𝒙
𝟐𝒙
= 𝒆 .𝟐
𝟐𝒙
= 𝟐𝒆
−𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒙 −𝟒
𝒇 𝒙 =𝒆
−𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒙 −𝟒
=𝒆 . (−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑)
−𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒙 −𝟒
= (−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑)𝒆
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟒𝟐𝒙
𝟐𝒙
= 𝟒 𝒍𝒏 𝟒 . (𝟐)
𝟐𝒙
= 𝟐 𝒍𝒏 𝟒 (𝟒 )
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟓𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 𝟐
=𝟓 . 𝒍𝒏 𝟓 (𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙)
= 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟓 (𝟓𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 )
DIFFERENTIATING A LOGARITHMIC FUNCTION
•Expressions written in exponential form can
be converted to logarithmic function and vice
versa.
Example 1. Find the derivative of 𝑦 = ln (5𝑥).
𝒇 𝒙 = log 𝑎 (𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟕)
𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔
= log 𝑎 𝒆 𝟐
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟕
𝟓
𝒇 𝒙 = log 𝑎 𝒙 + 𝟓
𝟒
𝟓 𝒙 + 𝟓 (𝟏)
= log 𝑎 𝒆
𝒙+𝟓 𝟓
𝟓
= log 𝑎 𝒆
𝒙+𝟓
𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 (𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖)
𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟒
= 𝟐
𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖
𝟒𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 𝟒 − 𝟒𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝒙 𝟑 𝟒 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝒙
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐 𝟑𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐 𝟑𝒙
= =
𝟒𝒙 𝟒𝒙
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙
𝟒 (𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝒙) 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝒙
= 𝟐 . =
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 𝟒𝒙 𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = log 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
𝟑
= 𝑴.
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏) 𝟏 − (𝒙)(𝟐) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐
= 𝑴. 𝒙 = 𝑴. 𝒙
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
−𝟏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏
= 𝑴. . = 𝑴. = 𝑴.
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙 𝒙 (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙
ACTIVITY #6
Solve for the
derivatives of the
following functions
with complete
solutions. Use a
separate sheet of
paper for your answer