Differentiation


   
 
Differentiation by Substitution
Differentiation of certain functions seem to be very difficult, but by suitably substituting the independent variable with some trigonometric function or other functions, they can be differentiated easily.
 
If f(x) involves inverse trigonometric functions of algebraic functions, the following substitutions simplify the function f(x) to be differentiated.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example 1:
 
Differentiate
 
 
Suggested answer:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example 2:
 
 
Suggested answer:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividing the numerator and the denominator by cosq , we have
 
 
 
 
Differentiating with respect to x, we have
 
 
 
 
     
   
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