Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig

Functions

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Preliminaries and Objectives

Preliminaries:
• Graphs of y = sin x, y = cos x and y = tan x.

Objectives:
• Find the domain and range of basic trig and inverse trig
functions.

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range of General Functions

• The domain of a function is the list of all possible inputs

(x-values) to the function.

• The range of a function is the list of all possible outputs

(y -values) of the function.

• Graphically speaking, the domain is the portion of the

x-axis on which the graph casts a shadow.

• Graphically speaking, the range is the portion of the y -axis

on which the graph casts a shadow.

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x)

y = cos(x)

y = tan(x)

y = sin−1 (x)

y = cos−1 (x)

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞

y = tan(x)

y = sin−1 (x)

y = cos−1 (x)

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞

y = tan(x)

y = sin−1 (x)

y = cos−1 (x)

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x)

y = sin−1 (x)

y = cos−1 (x)

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ...

y = sin−1 (x)

y = cos−1 (x)

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞<y <∞

y = sin−1 (x)

y = cos−1 (x)

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞<y <∞

y = sin−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1

y = cos−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞<y <∞

y = sin−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 − π

2 ≤y ≤ π
2

y = cos−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞<y <∞

y = sin−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 − π

2 ≤y ≤ π
2

y = cos−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 0≤y ≤π

y = tan−1 (x)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞<y <∞

y = sin−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 − π

2 ≤y ≤ π
2

y = cos−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 0≤y ≤π

y = tan−1 (x) −∞<x <∞

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain and Range

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = cos(x) −∞<x <∞ −1≤y ≤1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞<y <∞

y = sin−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 − π

2 ≤y ≤ π
2

y = cos−1 (x) −1≤x ≤1 0≤y ≤π

y = tan−1 (x) −∞<x <∞ − π

2 <y < π
2

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain, Range and Graphs

y = sin x y = cos x

x
π π 3π 2π
2 2

−1

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain, Range and Graphs

y = tan x

1
x
− π2 π
2
−1

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain, Range and Graphs

y = sin−1 x

y (1, π2 )

−1

(−1, − π2 )

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain, Range and Graphs

y = cos−1 x

(−1, π) y

π
2

x
(1, 0)

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Domain, Range and Graphs

y = tan−1 x

−1

University of Minnesota Domain and Range of Trig and Inverse Trig Functions
Recap

Function Domain Range

y = sin(x) −∞ < x < ∞ −1 ≤ y ≤ 1

y = cos(x) −∞ < x < ∞ −1 ≤ y ≤ 1

y = tan(x) x 6= . . . − π2 , π2 , 3π 5π
2 , 2 ... −∞ < y < ∞

y = sin−1 (x) −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 − π2 ≤ y ≤ π
2

y = cos−1 (x) −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 0≤y ≤π

y = tan−1 (x) −∞ < x < ∞ − π2 < y < π

2

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