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Domain and Range of Inverse Trigonometric Functions:
Function Domain Range
sin
-1
x [-1,1]
,
2 2
1

1
]
cos
-1
x [-1,1] [ ] 0,
tan
-1
x R or (-,)
,
2 2
_

,
cosec
-1
x (-,-1) U (1,)
, 0 0,
2 2
_ 1

1
, ]
U
sec
-1
x (-,-1) U (1,)
0, ,
2 2

_ 1

1
, ]
U
cot
-1
x R or (-,)
( ) 0,
INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS




1 1
1 1
1 1
0
sin cos
cos sec
tan cot
If x
x x
ec x x
x x



>




1
1
1
0
sin
cos
tan
If x
x
ec x
x

<

1
1
1
0
cos
sec
cot
If x
x
x
x

<
0
2

Properties and Formulae:

Self Adjusting Property
sin
-1
(sin)= and sin(sin
-1
x)=x
cos
-1
(cos)= and cos(cos
-1
x)=x
tan
-1
(tan)= and tan(tan
-1
x)=x
cot
-1
(cot)= and cot(cot
-1
x)=x
sec
-1
(sec)= and sec(sec
-1
x)=x
cosec
-1
(cosec)= and cosec(cosec
-1
x)=x
Reciprocal Property
sin
-1
x=
-1
1
cosec
x
and cosec
-1
x=
-1
1
sin
x
cos
-1
x=
-1
1
sec
x
and sec
-1
x=
-1
1
cos
x
tan
-1
x=
-1
1
cot
x
and cot
-1
x=
-1
1
tan
x
Conversion Property
-1
sin x=
-1 2
cos 1- x
=
-1
2
x
tan
1- x

-1 -1
sin( -x)=-sin x
-1 -1
cosec( -x)=-cosec x
-1 -1
tan( -x)=-tan x
-1 -1
cos( -x)= -cos x
-1 -1
sec( -x)= -sec x
-1 -1
cot( -x)= -cot x

-1 -1

sin x+cos x=
2

-1 -1

tan x+cot x=
2

-1 -1

sec x+cosec x=
2


_

,
-1 -1 -1
x+y
tan x+tan y=tan
1- xy

_

,
-1 -1 -1
x-y
tan x-tan y=tan
1+xy

_
_ _

, ,
,
2
-1 -1 -1 -1
2 2 2
2x 2x 1- x
2tan x=tan =sin =cos
1- x 1+x 1+x