NCERT Solutions for Miscellaneous Exercise Chapter 12 Class 11 - Limits and Derivatives

NCERT Solutions for Miscellaneous Exercise Chapter 12 Class 11 - Limits and Derivatives

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Limits and derivatives are the foundational topics of calculus, which help students to understand basic like behaviour of the function and how the function changes at a specific point. Questions based on Key concepts of limits, continuity, and derivatives are discussed in this exercise. Miscellaneous exercise is a blend of questions involving algebraic, trigonometric, and rational functions.

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Question 1:(i) Find the derivative of the following functions from first principle: -x

Answer:

Given.

f(x)=-x

Now, As we know, The derivative of any function at x is

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-(x+h)-(-x)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-h}{h}$

$f'(x)=-1$

Question 1:(ii) Find the derivative of the following functions from first principle: $( - x ) ^{-1}$

Answer:

Given.

f(x)= $( - x ) ^{-1}$

Now, As we know, The derivative of any function at x is

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim_\limits{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-(x+h)^{-1}-(-x)^{-1}}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-\frac{1}{x+h}+\frac{1}{x}}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\frac{-x+x+h}{x(x+h)}}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\frac{h}{(x+h)(x)}}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{1}{x(x+h)}$

$f'(x)=\frac{1}{x^2}$

Question 1:(iii) Find the derivative of the following functions from first principle: $\sin ( x+1)$

Answer:

Given.

$f(x)=\sin ( x+1)$

Now, As we know, The derivative of any function at x is

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\sin(x+h+1)-\sin(x+1)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{2\cos(\frac{x+h+1+x+1}{2})\sin(\frac{x+h+1-x-1}{2})}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{2\cos(\frac{2x+h+2}{2})\sin(\frac{h}{2})}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\cos(\frac{2x+h+2}{2})\sin(\frac{h}{2})}{\frac{h}{2}}$

$f'(x)=\cos(\frac{2x+0+2}{2})\times 1$

$f'(x)=\cos(x+1)$

Question 1:(iv) Find the derivative of the following functions from first principle: $\cos ( x - \pi /8 )$

Answer:

Given.

$f(x)=\cos ( x - \pi /8 )$

Now, As we know, The derivative of any function at x is

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\cos(x+h-\pi/8)-cos(x-\pi/8)}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-2\sin\left ( \frac{x+h-\pi/8+x-\pi/8 }{2}\right )\sin\left ( \frac{x+h-\pi/8-x+\pi/8}{2} \right )}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-2\sin\left ( \frac{2x+h-\pi/4 }{2}\right )\sin\left ( \frac{h}{2} \right )}{h}$

$f'(x)=\lim\limits_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-\sin\left ( \frac{2x+h-\pi/4 }{2}\right )\sin\left ( \frac{h}{2} \right )}{\frac{h}{2}}$

$f'(x)=\sin\left ( \frac{2x+0-\pi/4}{2} \right )\times 1$

$f'(x)=-\sin\left (x-\pi/8 \right )$

Question 2: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): (x+a )

Answer:

Given

f(x)= x + a

As we know, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

applying that property we get

$f'(x)=1+0$

$f'(x)=1$

Question 3: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $\left(px + q\right) \left ( \frac{r}{x}+ s \right )$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=\left(px + q\right) \left ( \frac{r}{x}+ s \right )$

$f(x)=pr+psx+\frac{qr}{x}+qs$

As we know, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

applying that property we get

$f'(x)=0 + ps +\frac{-qr}{x^2}+0$

$f'(x)=ps + q \left ( \frac{-r}{x^2} \right )$

$f'(x)=ps - \left ( \frac{qr}{x^2} \right )$

Question 4: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $( ax + b ) ( cx + d )^2$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=( ax + b ) ( cx + d )^2$

$f(x)=( ax + b ) ( c^2x^2+2cdx+d^2)$

$f(x)=ac^2x^3+2acdx^2+ad^2x+bc^2x^2+2bcdx+bd^2$

Now,

As we know, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

and the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

applying that property we get

$f'(x)=3ac^2x^2+4acdx+ad^2+2bc^2x+2bcd+0$

$f'(x)=3ac^2x^2+4acdx+ad^2+2bc^2x+2bcd$

$f'(x)=3ac^2x^2+(4acd+2bc^2)x+ad^2+2bcd$

Question 5: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $ax + b / cx + d$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{ax+b}{cx+d}$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence, The derivative of f(x) is

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{cx+d})}{dx}=\frac{(cx+d)d(\frac{d(ax+b)}{dx})-(ax+b)(\frac{d(cx+d)}{dx})}{(cx+d)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{cx+d})}{dx}=\frac{(cx+d)a-(ax+b)c}{(cx+d)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{cx+d})}{dx}=\frac{acx+ad-acx-bc}{(cx+d)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{cx+d})}{dx}=\frac{ad-bc}{(cx+d)^2}$

Hence Derivative of the function is

$\frac{ad-bc}{(cx+d)^2}$ .

Question 6: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{1 + \frac{1}{x}}{1- \frac{1}{x}}$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{1 + \frac{1}{x}}{1- \frac{1}{x}}$

Also can be written as

$f(x)=\frac{x+1}{x-1}$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence, The derivative of f(x) is

$\frac{d(\frac{x+1}{x-1})}{dx}=\frac{(x-1)d(\frac{d(x+1)}{dx})-(x+1)(\frac{d(x-1)}{dx})}{(x-1)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x+1}{x-1})}{dx}=\frac{(x-1)1-(x+1)1}{(x-1)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x+1}{x-1})}{dx}=\frac{x-1-x-1}{(x-1)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x+1}{x-1})}{dx}=\frac{-2}{(x-1)^2}$

Hence Derivative of the function is

$\frac{-2}{(x-1)^2}$

Question 7: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{1 }{ax ^2 + bx + c}$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{1 }{ax ^2 + bx + c}$

Now, As we know the derivative of any such function is given by

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence, The derivative of f(x) is

$\frac{d(\frac{1}{ax^2+bx+c})}{dx}=\frac{(ax^2+bx+c)d(\frac{d(1)}{dx})-1(\frac{d(ax^2+bx+c)}{dx})}{(ax^2+bx+c)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{1}{ax^2+bx+c})}{dx}=\frac{0-(2ax+b)}{(ax^2+bx+c)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{1}{ax^2+bx+c})}{dx}=-\frac{(2ax+b)}{(ax^2+bx+c)^2}$

Question 8: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{ax + b }{px^2 + qx + r }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{ax + b }{px^2 + qx + r }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence, The derivative of f(x) is

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{px^2+qx+r})}{dx}=\frac{(px^2+qx+r)d(\frac{d(ax+b)}{dx})-(ax+b)(\frac{d(px^2+qx+r)}{dx})}{(px^2+qx+r)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{px^2+qx+r})}{dx}=\frac{(px^2+qx+r)a-(ax+b)(2px+q)}{(px^2+qx+r)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{px^2+qx+r})}{dx}=\frac{apx^2+aqx+ar-2apx^2-aqx-2bpx-bq}{(px^2+qx+r)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{ax+b}{px^2+qx+r})}{dx}=\frac{-apx^2+ar-2bpx-bq}{(px^2+qx+r)^2}$

Question 9: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{px^2 + qx + r }{ax +b }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{px^2 + qx + r }{ax +b }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence, The derivative of f(x) is

$\frac{d(\frac{px^2+qx+r}{ax+b})}{dx}=\frac{(ax+b)d(\frac{d(px^2+qx+r)}{dx})-(px^2+qx+r)(\frac{d(ax+b)}{dx})}{(ax+b)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{px^2+qx+r}{ax+b})}{dx}=\frac{(ax+b)(2px+q)-(px^2+qx+r)(a)}{(ax+b)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{px^2+qx+r}{ax+b})}{dx}=\frac{2apx^2+aqx+2bpx+bq-apx^2-aqx-ar}{(ax+b)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{px^2+qx+r}{ax+b})}{dx}=\frac{apx^2+2bpx+bq-ar}{(ax+b)^2}$

Question 10: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{a}{x^4} - \frac{b}{x^2 } + \cos x$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=\frac{a}{x^4} - \frac{b}{x^2 } + \cos x$

As we know, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

and the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

applying that property we get

$f'(x)=\frac{-4a}{x^5} - (\frac{-2b}{x^3 }) +( -\sin x)$

$f'(x)=\frac{-4a}{x^5} +\frac{2b}{x^3 } -\sin x$

Question 11: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $4 \sqrt x - 2$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=4 \sqrt x - 2$

It can also be written as

$f(x)=4 x^{\frac{1}{2}} - 2$

Now,

As we know, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

and the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

applying that property we get

$f'(x)=4 (\frac{1}{2})x^{-\frac{1}{2}} - 0$

$f'(x)=2x^{-\frac{1}{2}}$

$f'(x)=\frac{2}{\sqrt{x}}$

Question 12: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$( ax + b ) ^ n$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=( ax + b ) ^ n$

Now, As we know the chain rule of derivative,

$[f(g(x))]'=f'(g(x))\times g'(x)$

And, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

Also the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

applying those properties we get,

$f'(x)=n(ax+b)^{n-1}\times a$

$f'(x)=an(ax+b)^{n-1}$

Question 13: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $( ax + b ) ^ n ( cx + d ) ^ m$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=( ax + b ) ^ n ( cx + d ) ^ m$

Now, As we know the chain rule of derivative,

$[f(g(x))]'=f'(g(x))\times g'(x)$

And the Multiplication property of derivative,

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

And, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

Also the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

Applying those properties we get,

$f'(x)=(ax+b)^n(m(cx+d)^{m-1})+(cx+d)(n(ax+b)^{n-1})$

$f'(x)=m(ax+b)^n(cx+d)^{m-1}+n(cx+d)(ax+b)^{n-1}$

Question 14: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $\sin ( x + a )$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\sin ( x + a )$

Now, As we know the chain rule of derivative,

$[f(g(x))]'=f'(g(x))\times g'(x)$

Applying this property we get,

$f'(x)=\cos ( x + a )\times 1$

$f'(x)=\cos ( x + a )$

Question 15: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $\csc x \cot x$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\csc x \cot x$

the Multiplication property of derivative,

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

Applying the property

$\frac{d(\csc x)(\cot x))}{dx}=\csc x\frac{d\cot x}{dx}+\cot x\frac{d\csc x}{dx}$

$\frac{d(\csc x)(\cot x))}{dx}=\csc x(-\csc^2x)+\cot x(-\csc x \cot x)$

$\frac{d(\csc x)(\cot x))}{dx}=-\csc^3x-\cot^2 x\csc x$

Hence derivative of the function is $-\csc^3x-\cot^2 x\csc x$ .

Question 16: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d,p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{\cos x }{1+ \sin x }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{\cos x }{1+ \sin x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{(1+\sin x )d(\frac{d\cos x}{dx})-\cos x(\frac{d(1+\sin x)}{dx})}{(1+\sin x)^2}$

Hence, The derivative of f(x) is

$\frac{d(\frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{(1+\sin x )(-\sin x)-\cos x(\cos x)}{(1+\sin x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{-\sin x-\sin^2 x -\cos^2 x}{(1+\sin x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{-\sin x-1}{(1+\sin x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x})}{dx}=-\frac{1}{(1+\sin x)}$

Question 17: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $\frac{\sin x + \cos x }{\sin x - \cos x }$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=\frac{\sin x + \cos x }{\sin x - \cos x }$

Also can be written as

$f(x)=\frac{\tan x + 1 }{\tan x - 1 }$

which further can be written as

$f(x)=-\frac{\tan x + tan(\pi/4) }{1-\tan(\pi/4)\tan x }$

$f(x)=-\tan(x-\pi/4)$

Now,

$f'(x)=-\sec^2(x-\pi/4)$

$f'(x)=-\frac{1}{\cos^2(x-\pi/4)}$

Question 18: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{\sec x -1}{\sec x +1}$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{\sec x -1}{\sec x +1}$

which also can be written as

$f(x)=\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x}$

Now,

As we know the derivative of such function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

So, The derivative of the function is,

$\frac{d(\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(1+\cos x)d(\frac{d(1-\cos x)}{dx})-(1-\cos x)(\frac{d(1+\cos x)}{dx})}{(1+\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(1+\cos x)(-(-\sin x))-(1-\cos x)(-\sin x)}{(1+\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{\sin x+\sin x\cos x+\sin x-\cos x\sin x}{(1+\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{2\sin x}{(1+\cos x)^2}$

Which can also be written as

$\frac{d(\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{2\sec x\tan x}{(1+\sec x)^2}$ .

Question 19: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $\sin^ n x$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\sin^ n x$

Now, As we know the chain rule of derivative,

$[f(g(x))]'=f'(g(x))\times g'(x)$

And, the property,

$f'(x^n)=nx^{n-1}$

Applying those properties, we get

$f'(x)=n\sin^ {n-1} x \cos x$

Hence Derivative of the given function is $n\sin^ {n-1} x \cos x$

Question 20: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{a + b \sin x }{c+ d \cos x }$

Answer:

Given Function

$f(x)=\frac{a + b \sin x }{c+ d \cos x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function of this type is:

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence derivative of the given function will be:

$\frac{d(\frac{a+b\sin x}{c+d\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(c+d\cos x)(\frac{d(a+b\sin x)}{dx})-(a+b\sin x)(\frac{d(c+d\cos x x)}{dx})}{(c+d\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{a+b\sin x}{c+d\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(c+d\cos x)(b\cos x)-(a+b\sin x)(d(-\sin x))}{(c+d\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{a+b\sin x}{c+d\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{cb\cos x+bd\cos^2 x+ad\sin x+bd\sin^2 x}{(c+d\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{a+b\sin x}{c+d\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{cb\cos x+ad\sin x+bd(\sin^2 x+\cos^2 x)}{(c+d\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{a+b\sin x}{c+d\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{cb\cos x+ad\sin x+bd}{(c+d\cos x)^2}$

Question 21: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{\sin ( x+a )}{ \cos x }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{\sin ( x+a )}{ \cos x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence the derivative of the given function is:

$\frac{d(\frac{\sin(x+a)}{\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(\cos x)(\frac{d(\sin (x+a))}{dx})-\sin(x+a)(\frac{d(\cos x)}{dx})}{(\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\sin(x+a)}{\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(\cos x)(\cos(x+a))-\sin(x+a)(-\sin (x))}{(\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\sin(x+a)}{\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(\cos x)(\cos(x+a))+\sin(x+a)(\sin (x))}{(\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\sin(x+a)}{\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{\cos (x+a-x)}{(\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{\sin(x+a)}{\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{\cos (a)}{(\cos x)^2}$

Question 22: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $x ^ 4 ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x )$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=x ^ 4 ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x )$

Now, As we know, the Multiplication property of derivative,

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

Hence derivative of the given function is:

$\frac{d(x ^ 4 ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x ))}{dx}=x^4\frac{d ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x )}{dx}+ ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x )\frac{dx^4}{dx}$

$\frac{d(x ^ 4 ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x ))}{dx}=x^4(5\cos x+3\sin x)+ ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x )4x^3$

$\frac{d(x ^ 4 ( 5 \sin x - 3 \cos x ))}{dx}=5x^4\cos x+3x^4\sin x+ 20x^3 \sin x - 12x^3 \cos x$

Question 23: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $( x^2 +1 ) \cos x$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=( x^2 +1 ) \cos x^{}$

Now, As we know the product rule of derivative,

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

The derivative of the given function is

$\frac{d(( x^2 +1 ) \cos x)}{dx}=( x^2 +1 ) \frac{d\cos x}{dx}+\cos x\frac{d( x^2 +1 ) }{dx}$

$\frac{d(( x^2 +1 ) \cos x)}{dx}=( x^2 +1 ) (-\sin x)+\cos x(2x)$

$\frac{d(( x^2 +1 ) \cos x)}{dx}= -x^2 \sin x-\sin x+2x\cos x$

Question 24: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $( ax ^2 + \sin x ) ( p + q \cos x )$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=( ax ^2 + \sin x ) ( p + q \cos x )$

Now As we know the Multiplication property of derivative,(the product rule)

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

And also the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

Applying those properties we get,

$\frac{d(( ax ^2 + \sin x ) ( p + q \cos x ))}{dx}=(ax^2+\sin x)\frac{d(p+q\cos x)}{dx}+(p+qx)\frac{d(ax^2+sinx)}{dx}$

$\\\frac{d((ax ^2+\sin x ) ( p + q \cos x ))}{dx}=(ax^2+\sin x)(-q\sin x)+(p+qx)(2ax+\cos x)$

$f'(x)=-aqx^2\sin x-q\sin^2 x+2apx+p\cos x+2aqx^2+qx\cos x$

$f'(x)=x^2(-aq\sin x+2aq) +x(2ap+q\cos x)+p\cos x-q\sin^2 x$

Question 25: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $( x+ \cos x ) ( x - \tan x )$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=( x+ \cos x ) ( x - \tan x )$

And the Multiplication property of derivative,

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

Also the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

Applying those properties we get,

$\frac{d(( x+ \cos x ) ( x - \tan x ))}{dx}=(x+\cos x)\frac{d(x-\tan x)}{dx}+(x-\tan x)\frac{d(x+\cos x)}{dx}$

$=(x+\cos x)(1-\sec^2x)+(x-\tan x)(1-\sin x)$

$=(x+\cos x)(-\tan^2x)+(x-\tan x)(1-\sin x)$

$=(-\tan^2x)(x+\cos x)+(x-\tan x)(1-\sin x)$

Question 26: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{4x + 5 \sin x }{3x+ 7 \cos x }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{4x + 5 \sin x }{3x+ 7 \cos x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Also the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

Applying those properties,we get

$\frac{d(\frac{4x+5\sin x}{3x+7\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(3x+7\cos x)d(\frac{d(4x+5\sin x)}{dx})-(4x+5\sin x)(\frac{d(3x+7\cos x)}{dx})}{(3x+7\cos x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{4x+5\sin x}{3x+7\cos x})}{dx}=\frac{(3x+7\cos x)(4+5\cos x)-(4x+5\sin x)(3-7\sin x)}{(3x+7\cos x)^2}$

$=\frac{12x+28\cos x+15x\cos x+35\cos^2x-12x-15\sin x+28x\sin x+35\sin^2 x}{(3x+7\cos x)^2}$

$=\frac{12x+28\cos x+15x\cos x-12x-15\sin x+28x\sin x+35(\sin^2 x+\cos^2x)}{(3x+7\cos x)^2}$

$=\frac{28\cos x+15x\cos x-15\sin x+28x\sin x+35}{(3x+7\cos x)^2}$

Question 27: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{x ^2 \cos ( \pi /4 )}{\sin x }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{x ^2 \cos ( \pi /4 )}{\sin x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Hence the derivative of the given function is

$\frac{d(\frac{x^2\cos(\pi/4)}{\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{(\sin x)d(\frac{d(x^2\cos(\pi/4))}{dx})-(x^2\cos(\pi/4))(\frac{d\sin x}{dx})}{\sin^2x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x^2\cos(\pi/4)}{\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{(\sin x)(2x\cos (\pi/4))-(x^2\cos(\pi/4))(\cos x)}{\sin^2x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x^2\cos(\pi/4)}{\sin x})}{dx}=\frac{2x\sin x\cos (\pi/4)-x^2\cos x\cos(\pi/4)}{\sin^2x}$

Question 28: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{x }{ 1+ \tan x }$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=\frac{x }{ 1+ \tan x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{1+\tan x})}{dx}=\frac{(1+\tan x)d(\frac{dx}{dx})-x(\frac{d(1+\tan x)}{dx})}{(1+\tan x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{1+\tan x})}{dx}=\frac{(1+\tan x)(1)-x(\sec^2x)}{(1+\tan x)^2}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{1+\tan x})}{dx}=\frac{1+\tan x-x\sec^2x}{(1+\tan x)^2}$

Question 29: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers): $( x + \sec x ) ( x - \tan x )$

Answer:

Given

$f(x)=( x + \sec x ) ( x - \tan x )$

Now, As we know the Multiplication property of derivative,

$\frac{d(y_1y_2)}{dx}=y_1\frac{dy_2}{dx}+y_2\frac{dy_1}{dx}$

Also the property

$\frac{d(y_1+y_2)}{dx}=\frac{dy_1}{dx}+\frac{dy_2}{dx}$

Applying those properties we get,

the derivative of the given function is,

$\frac{d(( x + \sec x ) ( x - \tan x )}{dx}=(x+\sec x)\frac{d(x-\tan x)}{dx}+(x-\tan x)\frac{d(x+\sec x)}{dx}$

$\frac{d(( x + \sec x ) ( x - \tan x )}{dx}=(x+\sec x)(1-\sec^2x)+(x-\tan x)(1+\sec x\tan x)$

Question 30: Find the derivative of the following functions (it is to be understood that a, b, c, d, p, q, r and s are fixed non-zero constants and m and n are integers):

$\frac{x }{\sin ^ n x }$

Answer:

Given,

$f(x)=\frac{x }{\sin ^ n x }$

Now, As we know the derivative of any function

$\frac{d(\frac{y_1}{y_2})}{dx}=\frac{y_2d(\frac{dy_1}{dx})-y_1(\frac{dy_2}{dx})}{y_2^2}$

Also chain rule of derivative,

$[f(g(x))]'=f'(g(x))\times g'(x)$

Hence the derivative of the given function is

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{\sin^nx})}{dx}=\frac{\sin^nxd(\frac{dx}{dx})-x(\frac{d(\sin^nx)}{dx})}{sin^{2n}x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{\sin^nx})}{dx}=\frac{\sin^nx(1)-x(n\sin^{n-1}x\times \cos x)}{sin^{2n}x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{\sin^nx})}{dx}=\frac{\sin^nx-x\cos xn\sin^{n-1}x}{sin^{2n}x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{\sin^nx})}{dx}=\frac{\sin^nx-x\cos xn\sin^{n-1}x}{sin^{2n}x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{\sin^nx})}{dx}=\frac{\sin^{n-1}x(\sin x-nx\cos x)}{sin^{2n}x}$

$\frac{d(\frac{x}{\sin^nx})}{dx}=\frac{(\sin x-nx\cos x)}{sin^{n+1}x}$

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Topic Covered in Chapter 12 Limits and Derivatives: Miscellaneous Solutions

The class 11 maths miscellaneous exercise chapter 13 is centred around the following topics:

1). Intuitive Idea of Derivatives

The intuitive idea of derivative measures how a function changes at a specific point. For example,, the speed of vehicles tells us how fast the vehicle is moving at a particular point in time. Basically, the Derivative tells how Fast the value of a function is changing at a certain input.

2). Limits

It is the value that a function approaches as the input gets closer to a certain given point.

3). Limits of Trigonometric Functions

The trigonometric function limit refers to the value that is approached by the function as input gets closer to a particular point.

Let $f(x)$ is a trigonometric function then its limit can be represented as $\lim _{x \rightarrow a} f(x)$

4). Derivatives

  1. Derivative is the measure of the rate at which the function is changing at a given point.
  2. Mathematically derivative of the function f(x) at point x=a is
  3. $f^{\prime}(a)=\lim\limits _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(a+h)-f(a)}{h}$

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NCERT Solutions of Class 11 Subject Wise

Students can refer to the subject-wise NCERT solutions. The links to solutions are given below:

Subject-Wise NCERT Exemplar Solutions

Students can access the NCERT exemplar solutions to enhance their deep understanding of the topic. These solutions are aligned with the CBSE syllabus and also help in competitive exams.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Give the derivative of sin2x
A:

The required derivative=2(cos2x−sin2x)

Q: Write the derivative of g(x)=cotx
A:

Derivative of g(x) is −cosec2x

Q: What is the number of problems given in miscellaneous exercise chapter 12 Class 11?
A:

30 questions are given in the  NCERT solutions for Class 11 Maths chapter 12 miscellaneous exercise

Q: Write cotx in terms of cos and sin functions
A:

cotx=cosx/sinx

Q: Expand sin2z
A:

sin2z=2sinzcosz

Q: List the derivative of x, sinx, xsinx
A:
  1. Function x: derivative=1

  2. Function sinx: derivative=cosx

  3. Function xsinx; derivative=xcosx+sinx

Q: What is the rule used in finding the derivative of x sinx?
A:

The product rule. If f(x)=u and g(x)=v, then (uv)’=uv’+u’v

Q: What is [u+v]’ {u =f(x) and v=g(x)
A:

[u+v]’=u’+v’

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