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Chapter 1: INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

MAT238
ASSIGNMENT 1
A) Evaluate and simplify inverse trigonometric functions.
1. Evaluate,
1 1
1 1
cos sin 2cos
4 4

| |
+
|
\ .
without using a calculator.
2. Given
1
5
tan(sec )
3

, without using calculator, find:

a. tan
2
x

b. tan x
3. Express
1
cos sin
4 2
x t

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+
|
|
\ .
in terms of x.
4. Given
1
2
sin
3
u

| |
=
|
\ .
, find the value of cos 2u .
5. Simplify the following expressions in terms of x:
1
sec cot 2 .
2
x
t

| |

|
\ .

6. Simplify
1
sin sec
1
x
x

(
| |
| (

\ .

in terms of x.
7. Given
1
csc ( ) A x

= . Express cos(2 ) A in terms of x and simplify your answer.

8. Simplify
1
2
tan sin
4 1
x
x
t

| |
| |
+
| |
+
\ .
\ .
in terms of x.
9. Given
1
3
2sec .
5
u

= without using a calculator, find the values of:
a. sin
2
u

b. sinu
10. Express
1
cos tan
4 1
x
x
t

| |
+
|
+
\ .
in terms of x.
11. If all three tangent are positive acute angles, find the value of x such that
1 1 1
tan 3 tan tan 2. x x

+ =
12. without using a calculator, evaluate
1
9
sin cos
4
t

| |
|
\ .
.
13. Simplify
1
cos 2cos 2
2
x
t

| |

|
\ .
in terms of x.
14. Find the exact value of the following expression without using calculator:
1 1
3 4
cos sin tan .
5 3

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+
|
\ .

15. Use the triangle method to represent
1
sin(2sec ) x

in terms of x.

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Chapter 1: INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
MAT238
B) Differentiation of inverse trigonometric functions.
1. Differentiate
1
1 sin 2
tan ( )
x
y x x e

= + .
2. Differentiate
1 2 1
(tan 5 ) 4sin 2 y x x

= + with respect to x.
3. Find the derivative of
1
3
3 cos y x
x

| |
=
|
\ .
.
4. Find the derivative of
1
2
sin 2
ln
3
x
y
x

| |
= |
|
\ .
.
[Hint: log log and log log log log log ]
n
a a a a a a a
pq
x n x p q r s
rs
| |
= = +
|
\ .

5. Find the derivative of
1 2
ln( ) cos (sin ) 5 xy y y

= + with respect to x.
6. Find
dy
dx
and simplify your answer if
2 1 2
tan 2 ln(1 4 ). x y y

= +
7. Differentiate
1 1 2
sin 2 tan
x
y x e x

= + with respect to x.
8. Find the derivative of the function
1
tan 2
cos
2
x
y
x

| |
=
|
\ .
.
9. Find
dy
dx
if
3 1
(tan 2 ).
x
y e y

=
10. Differentiate
2 1
2
sin
x
y e
x

= with respect to x.

C) Integration of inverse trigonometric functions.
1. Evaluate:
4
2
.
9 4
x
dx
x +
}

2. Evaluate:
3
6
.
4
x
x
e
dx
e

+
}
[Hint: Use the substitution
3
.
x
u e

= ]
3. Evaluate:
4
8
2
.
9
x
x
e
dx
e +
}

4. Evaluate:
1 2
4
3
.
4
x
x
e
dx
e

}

5. Evaluate:
4
3
.
1
x
dx
x +
}

6. Evaluate:
2
.
1
x
x
e
dx
e