What is the derivative of tan^-1(4x)tan−1(4x)? Calculus Differentiating Trigonometric Functions Differentiating Inverse Trigonometric Functions 2 Answers bp Apr 23, 2015 4/(16x^2 +1)416x2+1 Derivative of tan^-1 4xtan−14x can be written using the formula for the derivative of tan^-1xtan−1x = 1/(1+x^2)11+x2 d/dx tan^-1 4xddxtan−14x = 1/(16x^2 +1) d/dx (4x)116x2+1ddx(4x) = 4/(16x^2 +1)416x2+1 Answer link Tiago Hands Apr 23, 2015 y=arctan(4x)y=arctan(4x) tany=4xtany=4x sec^2y*(dy)/(dx)=4sec2y⋅dydx=4 (tan^2y+1)*(dy)/(dx)=4(tan2y+1)⋅dydx=4 (16x^2+1)*(dy)/(dx)=4(16x2+1)⋅dydx=4 (dy)/(dx)=4/(16x^2+1)dydx=416x2+1 Answer link Related questions What is the derivative of f(x)=sin^-1(x)f(x)=sin−1(x) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=cos^-1(x)f(x)=cos−1(x) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=tan^-1(x)f(x)=tan−1(x) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=sec^-1(x)f(x)=sec−1(x) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=csc^-1(x)f(x)=csc−1(x) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=cot^-1(x)f(x)=cot−1(x) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=(cos^-1(x))/xf(x)=cos−1(x)x ? What is the derivative of f(x)=tan^-1(e^x)f(x)=tan−1(ex) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=cos^-1(x^3)f(x)=cos−1(x3) ? What is the derivative of f(x)=ln(sin^-1(x))f(x)=ln(sin−1(x)) ? See all questions in Differentiating Inverse Trigonometric Functions Impact of this question 22146 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License