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If continuity is like a road without any breaks or holes, then differentiability is like when the road is so smooth that there are no bumps or sharp turns, making it easier to measure how steep it is at any given point. In advanced mathematics, continuity and differentiability play a major role in calculus. The miscellaneous exercise of the Continuity and Differentiability chapter combines all the key concepts covered in the chapter, so that the students can enhance their understanding by a comprehensive review of the entire chapter and get better at problem-solving. This article on the NCERT Solutions for Miscellaneous Exercise Chapter 5 Class 12 Maths - Continuity and Differentiability provides clear and step-by-step solutions for the exercise problems given in the exercise and helps the students clear their doubts, so that they can understand the logic behind these solutions and prepare for various examinations. For syllabus, notes, and PDF, refer to this link: NCERT.
Question1: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11.
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=( 3x^2 - 9x + 5 )^9$
Now, differentiation w.r.t. x is
$f^{'}(x)=\frac{d(f(x))}{dx}=\frac{d((3x^2-9x+5)^9)}{dx}= 9(3x^2-9x+5)^8.(6x-9)$
$= 27(2x-3)(3x^2-9x+5)^8$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $27(3x^2-9x+5)^8(2x-3)$
Question 2: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11.
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)= \sin ^3 x + \cos ^6 x$
Now, differentiation w.r.t. x is
$f^{'}(x)=\frac{d(f(x))}{dx}=\frac{d(\sin^3x +\cos^6x)}{dx}=3\sin^2x.\frac{d(\sin x)}{dx}+6\cos^5x.\frac{d(\cos x)}{dx}$
$=3\sin^2x.\cos x+6\cos^5x.(-\sin x)$
$=3\sin^2x\cos x- 6\cos^5x\sin x = 3\sin x\cos x(\sin x- 2\cos ^4x)$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $3\sin x\cos x(\sin x- 2\cos ^4x)$
Question 3: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11.
Answer:
Given function is
$y=( 5 x) ^{ 3 \cos 2x }$
Take, log on both the sides
$\log y = 3\cos 2x\log 5x$
Now, differentiation w.r.t. x is
By using product rule
$\frac{1}{y}.\frac{dy}{dx} = 3.(-2\sin 2x)\log 5x + 3\cos 2x.\frac{1}{5x}.5= -6\sin2x\log 5x +\frac{3\cos 2x}{x}\\ \frac{dy}{dx} = y.\left ( -6\sin2x\log 5x +\frac{3\cos 2x}{x} \right )\\ \frac{dy}{dx} = (5x)^{3\cos 2x}.\left ( -6\sin2x\log 5x +\frac{3\cos 2x}{x} \right )$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $(5x)^{3\cos 2x}.\left ( \frac{3\cos 2x}{x}-6\sin2x\log 5x \right )$
Question 4: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11.
$\sin ^ {-1} (x \sqrt x ) , 0 \leq x\leq 1$
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=\sin ^ {-1} (x \sqrt x ) , 0 \leq x\leq 1$
Now, differentiation w.r.t. x is
$f^{'}(x)=\frac{d(f(x))}{dx}=\frac{d(\sin^{-1}x\sqrt x)}{dx}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-(x\sqrt x)^2}}.\frac{d(x\sqrt x)}{dx}$
$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^3}}.\left ( 1.\sqrt x+x\frac{1}{2\sqrt x} \right )$
$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^3}}.\left ( \frac{3\sqrt x}{2} \right )$
$=\frac{3}{2}.\sqrt{\frac{x}{1-x^3}}$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $\frac{3}{2}.\sqrt{\frac{x}{1-x^3}}$
Question 5: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11.
$\frac{\cos ^{-1}x/2}{\sqrt {2x+7}} , -2 < x < 2$
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=\frac{\cos ^{-1}x/2}{\sqrt {2x+7}} , -2 < x < 2$
Now, differentiation w.r.t. x is
By using the Quotient rule
$f^{'}(x)=\frac{d(f(x))}{dx}=\frac{d(\frac{\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2}}{\sqrt{2x+7}})}{dx}=\frac{\frac{d(\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2})}{dx}.\sqrt{2x+7}-\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2}.\frac{d(\sqrt{2x+7})}{dx}}{(\sqrt{2x+7})^2}\\ f^{'}(x) = \frac{\frac{-1}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{x}{2})^2}}.\frac{1}{2}.\sqrt{2x+7}-\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2}.\frac{1}{2.\sqrt{2x+7}}.2}{2x+7}\\ f^{'}(x)= -\left [\frac{1}{(\sqrt{4-x^2})(\sqrt{2x+7})}+\frac{\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2}}{(2x+7)^\frac{3}{2}} \right ]$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $-\left [\frac{1}{(\sqrt{4-x^2})(\sqrt{2x+7})}+\frac{\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2}}{(2x+7)^\frac{3}{2}} \right ]$
Question 6: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11.
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=\cot ^{-1} \left [ \frac{\sqrt { 1+ \sin x }+ \sqrt { 1- \sin x }}{\sqrt {1+ \sin x }- \sqrt {1- \sin x }} \right ] , 0 < x < \pi /2$
Now, rationalize the [] part
$\left [ \frac{\sqrt { 1+ \sin x }+ \sqrt { 1- \sin x }}{\sqrt {1+ \sin x }- \sqrt {1- \sin x }} \right ]= \left [ \frac{\sqrt { 1+ \sin x }+ \sqrt { 1- \sin x }}{\sqrt {1+ \sin x }- \sqrt {1- \sin x }} .\frac{\sqrt { 1+ \sin x }+ \sqrt { 1- \sin x }}{\sqrt { 1+ \sin x }+ \sqrt { 1- \sin x }}\right ]$
$=\frac{(\sqrt { 1+ \sin x }+ \sqrt { 1- \sin x })^2}{(\sqrt{1+\sin x})^2-(\sqrt{1-\sin x})^2} \ \ \ \ \ \ (Using \ (a-b)(a+b)=a^2-b^2)$
$=\frac{((\sqrt { 1+ \sin x })^2+ (\sqrt { 1- \sin x })^2+2(\sqrt { 1+ \sin x })(\sqrt { 1- \sin x }))}{1+\sin x-1+\sin x}$
$(Using \ (a+b)^2=a^2+b^2+2ab)$
$=\frac{1+\sin x+1-\sin x+2\sqrt{1-\sin^2x} }{2\sin x}$
$=\frac{2(1+\cos x)}{2\sin x} = \frac{1+\cos x}{\sin x}$
$=\frac{2\cos^2\frac{x}{2}}{2\sin\frac{x}{2}\cos\frac{x}{2}} \ \ \ \ \ (\because 2\cos^2= 1+\cos2x \ and \ \sin2x = 2\sin x\cos x)$
$=\frac{2\cos\frac{x}{2}}{2\sin\frac{x}{2}} = \cot \frac{x}{2}$
Given function reduces to
$f(x) = \cot^{-1}(\cot \frac{x}{2})\\ f(x) = \frac{x}{2}$
Now, differentiation w.r.t. x is
$f^{'}(x)=\frac{d(f(x))}{dx}=\frac{d(\frac{x}{2})}{dx} = \frac{1}{2}$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $\frac{1}{2}$
Question 7: Differentiate w.r.t. x the function in Exercises 1 to 11. $( \log x )^{ \log x } , x > 1$
Answer:
Given function is
$y=( \log x )^{ \log x } , x > 1$
Take log on both sides
$\log y=\log x\log( \log x )$
Now, differentiate w.r.t.
$\frac{1}{y}.\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{1}{x}.\log (\log x)+\log x.\frac{1}{\log x}.\frac{1}{x} = \frac{\log x+1}{x}$
$\frac{dy}{dx} = y.\left ( \frac{\log x+1}{x} \right )\\$
$\frac{dy}{dx} = (\log x)^{\log x}.\left ( \frac{\log x+1}{x} \right )\\$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t x is $(\log x)^{\log x}.\left ( \frac{\log x+1}{x} \right )\\$
Question 8: $\cos ( a \cos x + b \sin x )$, for some constant a and b.
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=\cos ( a \cos x + b \sin x )$
Now, differentiation w.r.t x
$f^{'}(x)= \frac{d(f(x))}{dx}= \frac{d(\cos(a\cos x+ b \sin x))}{dx}$
$= -\sin(a\cos x+b\sin x).\frac{d(a\cos x+b\sin x)}{dx}$
$= -\sin(a\cos x+b\sin x).(-a\sin x+b\cos x)$
$= (a\sin x-b\cos x)\sin(a\cos x+b\sin x).$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t x $(a\sin x-b\cos x)\sin(a\cos x+b\sin x)$
Question 9: $(\sin x - \cos x)^{ (\sin x - \cos x), } , \frac{\pi }{4} <x<\frac{3 \pi }{4}$
Answer:
Given function is
$y=(\sin x - \cos x)^{ (\sin x - \cos x), } , \frac{\pi }{4} <x<\frac{3 \pi }{4}$
Take log on both the sides
$\log y=(\sin x - \cos x)\log (\sin x - \cos x)$
Now, differentiate w.r.t. x
$\frac{1}{y}.\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{d(\sin x-\cos x)}{dx}.\log(\sin x- \cos x)+(\sin x- \cos x).\frac{d(\log(\sin x- \cos x))}{dx}$
$\frac{1}{y}.\frac{dy}{dx} =(\cos x -(-\sin x)).\log(\sin x-\cos x)+(\sin x- \cos x).\frac{(\cos x -(-\sin x))}{(\sin x- \cos x)}$
$\frac{dy}{dx} =y.(\cos x +\sin x)\left ( \log(\sin x-\cos x)+1 \right )$
$\frac{dy}{dx} =(\sin x-\cos x)^{(\sin x-\cos x)}.(\cos x +\sin x)\left ( \log(\sin x-\cos x)+1 \right )$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t x is $(\sin x-\cos x)^{(\sin x-\cos x)}.(\cos x +\sin x)\left ( \log(\sin x-\cos x)+1 \right ), sinx>cosx$
Question 10: $x ^x + x ^a + a ^x + a ^a$ , for some fixed a > 0 and x > 0
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=x ^x + x ^a + a ^x + a ^a$
Lets take
$u = x^x$
Now, take log on both sides
$\log u = x \log x$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{1}{u}.\frac{du}{dx}= \frac{dx}{dx}.\log x+x.\frac{d(\log x)}{dx}\\ \\ \frac{1}{u}.\frac{du}{dx}= 1.\log x+x.\frac{1}{x}\\ \\ \frac{du}{dx}= y.(\log x+1)\\ \\ \frac{du}{dx}= x^x.(\log x+1)$ -(i)
Similarly, take $v = x^a$
take log on both the sides
$\log v = a\log x$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{1}{v}.\frac{dv}{dx}= a.\frac{d(\log x)}{dx}=a.\frac{1}{x}= \frac{a}{x}\\ \\ \frac{dv}{dx}= v.\frac{a}{x}\\ \\ \frac{dv}{dx}= x^a.\frac{a}{x}$ -(ii)
Similarly, take $z = a^x$
take log on both the sides
$\log z = x\log a$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{1}{z}.\frac{dz}{dx}=\log a.\frac{d(x)}{dx}=\log a.1= \log a\\ \\ \frac{dz}{dx}= z.\log a\\ \\ \frac{dz}{dx}= a^x.\log a$ -(iii)
Similarly, take $w = a^a$
take log on both the sides
$\log w = a\log a= \ constant$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{1}{w}.\frac{dw}{dx}= a.\frac{d(a\log a)}{dx}= 0\\ \\ \frac{dw}{dx} = 0$ -(iv)
Now,
$f(x)=u+v+z+w$
$f^{'}(x) = \frac{du}{dx}+\frac{dv}{dx}+\frac{dz}{dx}+\frac{dw}{dx}$
Put values from equation (i) , (ii) ,(iii) and (iv)
$f^{'}(x)= x^x(\log x+1)+ax^{a-1}+a^x\log a$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. x is $x^x(\log x+1)+ax^{a-1}+a^x\log a$
Question 11: $x ^{x^2 -3} + ( x-3 ) ^{x^2} , for\: \: x > 3$
Answer:
Given function is
$f(x)=x ^{x^2 -3} + ( x-3 ) ^{x^2} , for\: \: x > 3$
take $u=x ^{x^2 -3}$
Now, take log on both the sides
$\log u=(x^2-3)\log x$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{1}{u} \cdot \frac{du}{dx} = \frac{d(x^2 - 3)}{dx} \cdot \log x + (x^2 - 3) \cdot \frac{d(\log x)}{dx}$
$\frac{1}{u} \cdot \frac{du}{dx} = 2x \cdot \log x + (x^2 - 3) \cdot \frac{1}{x}$
$\frac{1}{u} \cdot \frac{du}{dx} = \frac{2x^2 \log x + x^2 - 3}{x}$
$\frac{du}{dx} = u \cdot \left( \frac{2x^2 \log x + x^2 - 3}{x} \right)$
$\frac{du}{dx} = x^{(x^2 - 3)} \cdot \left( \frac{2x^2 \log x + x^2 - 3}{x} \right)$ -(i)
Similarly,
take
Now, take log on both the sides
$\log v=x^2\log (x-3)$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{1}{v} \cdot \frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{d(x^2)}{dx} \cdot \log(x - 3) + x^2 \cdot \frac{d(\log(x - 3))}{dx}$
$\frac{1}{v} \cdot \frac{dv}{dx} = 2x \cdot \log(x - 3) + x^2 \cdot \frac{1}{x - 3}$
$\frac{1}{v} \cdot \frac{dv}{dx} = 2x \log(x - 3) + \frac{x^2}{x - 3}$
$\frac{dv}{dx} = v \cdot \left( 2x \log(x - 3) + \frac{x^2}{x - 3} \right)$
$\frac{dv}{dx} = (x - 3)^{x^2} \cdot \left( 2x \log(x - 3) + \frac{x^2}{x - 3} \right)$ -(ii)
Now
$f(x) = u + v$
$f'(x) = \frac{du}{dx} + \frac{dv}{dx}$
Put the value from equation (i) and (ii):
$f'(x) = x^{(x^2 - 3)} \cdot \left( \frac{2x^2 \log x + x^2 - 3}{x} \right) + (x - 3)^{x^2} \cdot \left( 2x \log(x - 3) + \frac{x^2}{x - 3} \right)$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t. $x$ is:
$x^{(x^2 - 3)} \cdot \left( \frac{2x^2 \log x + x^2 - 3}{x} \right) + (x - 3)^{x^2} \cdot \left( 2x \log(x - 3) + \frac{x^2}{x - 3} \right)$
Question 12: Find dy/dx if $y = 12 (1 - \cos t), x = 10 (t - \sin t),$ $-\frac{\pi }{2} <t< \frac{\pi }{2}$
Answer:
Given equations are
$y = 12 (1 - \cos t), x = 10 (t - \sin t),$
Now, differentiate both y and x w.r.t t independently
$\frac{dy}{dt}=\frac{d(12(1-\cos t))}{dt}= -12(-\sin t)=12\sin t$
And
$\frac{dx}{dt}=\frac{d(10(t-\sin t))}{dt}= 10-10\cos t$
Now
$\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{\frac{dy}{dt}}{\frac{dx}{dt}} = \frac{12\sin t}{10(1 - \cos t)} = \frac{6}{5} \cdot \frac{2\sin \frac{t}{2} \cos \frac{t}{2}}{2\sin^2 \frac{t}{2}} = \frac{6}{5} \cdot \frac{\cos \frac{t}{2}}{\sin \frac{t}{2}}$
$(\because \sin 2x = 2\sin x\cos x \ and \ 1-\cos 2x = 2\sin^2x)$
$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{6}{5}.\cot \frac{t}{2}$
Therefore, differentiation w.r.t x is $\frac{6}{5}.\cot \frac{t}{2}$
Question 13: Find dy/dx if $y = sin ^{-1} x + sin^{-1} \sqrt{1- x^2} , 0 <x< 1$
Answer:
Given function is
$y = sin ^{-1} x + sin^{-1} \sqrt{1- x^2} , 0 <x< 1$
Now, differentiatiate w.r.t. x
$\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{d(sin ^{-1} x + sin^{-1} \sqrt{1- x^2})}{dx} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-(\sqrt{1-x^2})^2}}.\frac{d(\sqrt{1-x^2})}{dx}\\ \frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-1+x^2}}.\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1-x^2}}.(-2x)\\ \\ \frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ \frac{dy}{dx}= 0$
Therefore, differentiatiate w.r.t. x is 0
Answer:
Given function is
$x \sqrt {1+ y }+ y \sqrt { 1+ x } = 0$
$x\sqrt{1+y} = - y\sqrt{1+x}$
Now, squaring both sides
$(x\sqrt{1+y})^2 = (- y\sqrt{1+x})^2\\ x^2(1+y)=y^2(1+x)\\ x^2+x^2y=y^2x+y^2\\ x^2-y^2=y^2x-x^2y\\ (x-y)(x+y) = -xy(x-y) \\ x+y =-xy\\ y = \frac{-x}{1+x}$
Now, differentiate w.r.t. x is
$\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{d(\frac{-x}{1+x})}{dx}= \frac{-1.(1+x)-(-x).(1)}{(1+x)^2}= \frac{-1}{(1+x)^2}$
Hence proved
Answer:
Given function is
$(x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 = c^2$
$(y - b)^2 = c^2-(x - a)^2$ - (i)
Now, differentiate w.r.t. x
$\frac{d((x - a)^2)}{dx} + \frac{d((y - b)^2)}{dx} = \frac{d(c^2)}{dx} \\ \\
2(x - a) + 2(y - b) \cdot \frac{dy}{dx} = 0 \\ \\
\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{a - x}{y - b}$ -(ii)
Now, the second derivative
$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{\frac{d(a - x)}{dx} \cdot (y - b) - (a - x) \cdot \frac{d(y - b)}{dx}}{(y - b)^2} \\ \\
\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{(-1)(y - b) - (a - x) \cdot \frac{dy}{dx}}{(y - b)^2}$
Now, put values from equation (i) and (ii)
$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{-(y - b) - (a - x) \cdot \frac{a - x}{y - b}}{(y - b)^2} \\ \\
\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{-((y - b)^2 + (a - x)^2)}{(y - b)^{\frac{3}{2}}} = \frac{-c^2}{(y - b)^{\frac{3}{2}}}$ $(\because (x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 = c^2)$
Now,
$\frac{\left [ 1+(\frac{dy}{dx} )^2 \right ]^{3/2}}{\frac{d^2 y }{dx^2}} = \frac{\left ( 1+\left ( \frac{x-a}{y-b} \right )^2 \right )^\frac{3}{2}}{\frac{-c^2}{(y-b)^\frac{3}{2}}} = \frac{\frac{\left ( (y-b)^2 +(x-a)^2\right )^\frac{3}{2}}{(y-b)^\frac{3}{2}}}{\frac{-c^2}{(y-b)^\frac{3}{2}}} = \frac{(c^2)^\frac{3}{2}}{-c^2}= \frac{c^3}{-c^2}= c$ $(\because (x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 = c^2)$
Which is independent of a and b
Hence proved
Question 16: If $\cos y = x \cos (a + y)$, with $\cos a \neq \pm 1$ , prove that $\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{\cos ^2 (a+y )}{\sin a }$
Answer:
Given function is
$\cos y = x \cos (a + y)$
Now, Differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{d(\cos y)}{dx} = \frac{dx}{dx} \cdot \cos(a + y) + x \cdot \frac{d(\cos(a + y))}{dx}$
$-\sin y \cdot \frac{dy}{dx} = \cos(a + y) + x \cdot (-\sin(a + y)) \cdot \frac{dy}{dx}$
$\frac{dy}{dx} \cdot (x \sin(a + y) - \sin y) = \cos(a + y)$
$\frac{dy}{dx} \cdot \left(\frac{\cos y}{\cos(a + b)} \cdot \sin(a + y) - \sin y\right) = \cos(a + b) \quad (\because x = \frac{\cos y}{\cos(a + b)})$
$\frac{dy}{dx} \cdot (\cos y \sin(a + y) - \sin y \cos(a + y)) = \cos^2(a + b)$
$\frac{dy}{dx} \cdot \sin((a + y) - y) = \cos^2(a + b) \quad (\because \cos A \sin B - \sin A \cos B = \sin(A - B))$
$\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{\cos^2(a + b)}{\sin a}$
Hence proved
Question 17: If $x = a (\cos t + t \sin t)$ and $y = a (\sin t - t \cos t),$ find $\frac{d^2 y }{dx^2 }$
Answer:
Given functions are
$x = a (\cos t + t \sin t)$ and $y = a (\sin t - t \cos t)$
Now, differentiate both the functions w.r.t. t independently
We get
$\frac{dx}{dt} = \frac{d(a(\cos t +t\sin t))}{dt}= a(-\sin t)+a(\sin t+t\cos t)$
$=-a\sin t+a\sin t+at\cos t = at\cos t$
Similarly,
$\frac{dy}{dt} = \frac{d(a(\sin t - t\cos t))}{dt}= a\cos t -a(\cos t+t(-\sin t))$
$= a\cos t -a\cos t+at\sin t =at\sin t$
Now,
$\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{\frac{dy}{dt}}{\frac{dx}{dt}} = \frac{at\sin t}{at \cos t} = \tan t$
Now, the second derivative
$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=\frac{d}{dx}\frac{dy}{dx}= \sec^2 t.\frac{dt}{dx}=\frac{\sec^2t.\sec t }{at}=\frac{\sec^3t}{at}$
$(\because \frac{dx}{dt} = at\cos t \Rightarrow \frac{dt}{dx}= \frac{1}{at\cos t}=\frac{\sec t}{at})$
Therefore, $\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=\frac{\sec^3t}{at}$
Question 18: If$f (x) = |x|^3$, show that f ''(x) exists for all real x and find it.
Answer:
Given function is
$f (x) = |x|^3$
$f(x)\left\{\begin{matrix} -x^3 & x<0\\ x^3 & x>0 \end{matrix}\right.$
Now, differentiate in both the cases
$f(x)= x^3\\ f^{'}(x)=3x^2\\ f^{''}(x)= 6x$
And
$f(x)= -x^3\\ f^{'}(x)=-3x^2\\ f^{''}(x)= -6x$
In both, the cases f ''(x) exist
Hence, we can say that f ''(x) exists for all real x
and values are
$f^{''}(x)\left\{\begin{matrix} -6x &x<0 \\ 6x& x>0 \end{matrix}\right.$
Answer:
Given function is
$\sin (A + B) = \sin A \cos B + \cos A \sin B$
Now, differentiate w.r.t. x
$\frac{d(\sin(A+B))}{dx} = \frac{d\sin A}{dx}.\cos B+\sin A.\frac{d\cos B}{dx}+\frac{d\cos A}{dx}.\sin B+\cos A.\frac{d\sin B}{dx}$
$\cos (A+b)\frac{d(A+B)}{dx}$ $=\frac{dA}{dx}(\cos A\cos B-\sin A\cos B)+\frac{dB}{dx}(\cos A \sin B-\sin A\sin B)$
$=(\cos A \sin B-\sin A\sin B).\frac{d(A+B)}{dx}$
$\cos(A+B)= \cos A\sin B-\sin A\cos B$
Hence, we get the formula by differentiation of sin(A + B)
Answer:
Consider f(x) = |x| + |x +1|
We know that modulus functions are continuous everywhere and sum of two continuous function is also a continuous function
Therefore, our function f(x) is continuous
Now,
If Lets differentiability of our function at x = 0 and x= -1
L.H.D. at x = 0
$\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{f(h)-f(0)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{|h|+|h+1|-|1|}{h}$
$=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{-h-(h+1)-1}{h}= 0$ $(|h| = - h \ because\ h < 0)$
R.H.L. at x = 0
$\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{f(h)-f(0)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{|h|+|h+1|-|1|}{h}$
$=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{h+h+1-1}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{2h}{h}= 2$ $(|h| = h \ because \ h > 0)$
R.H.L. is not equal to L.H.L.
Hence.at x = 0 is the function is not differentiable
Now, Similarly
R.H.L. at x = -1
$\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{f(-1+h)-f(-1)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{|-1+h|+|h|-|-1|}{h}$
$=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{1-h+h-1}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{0}{h}= 0$ $(|h| = h \ because \ h > 0)$
L.H.L. at x = -1
$\lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{f(1+h)-f(1)}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^-}\frac{|-1+h|+|h|-|1|}{h}$
$=\lim_{h\rightarrow 1^+}\frac{1-h-h-1}{h}= \lim_{h\rightarrow 0^+}\frac{-2h}{h}= -2$ $(|h| = - h \ because\ h < 0)$
L.H.L. is not equal to R.H.L, so not differentiable at x=-1
Hence, exactly two points where it is not differentiable
Answer:
Given that
$y = \begin{vmatrix} f (x) & g(x) & h (x) \\ l& m &n \\ a& b &c \end{vmatrix}$
We can rewrite it as
$y = f(x)(mc-bn)-g(x)(lc-an)+h(x)(lb-am)$
Now, differentiate w.r.t x
we will get
$\frac{dy}{dx} = f^{'}(x)(mc-bn)-g^{'}(x)(lc-an)+h^{'}(x)(lb-am) \Rightarrow \begin{bmatrix} f^{'}(x) &g^{'}(x) &h^{'}(x) \\ l&m &n \\ a& b &c \end{bmatrix}$
Hence proved
Question 22: If
, show that
Answer:
Given function is

Now, differentiate w.r.t x
we will get
$\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{d(e^{a\cos^{-1}x})}{dx} \cdot \frac{d(a\cos^{-1}x)}{dx} = e^{a\cos^{-1}x} \cdot \frac{-a}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \ \ \ \ \text{-(i)}$
Now, again differentiate w.r.t x
$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{d}{dx} \left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right) = \frac{ -a e^{a\cos^{-1}x} \cdot \frac{-a}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x^2} + a e^{a\cos^{-1}x} \cdot \frac{1 \cdot (-2x)}{2\sqrt{1 - x^2}} }{(\sqrt{1 - x^2})^2}$
$= \frac{a^2 e^{a\cos^{-1}x} - \frac{a x e^{a\cos^{-1}x}}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}}{1 - x^2}$ -(ii)
Now, we need to show that
$( 1- x^2 ) \frac{d^2 y }{dx ^2} - x \frac{dy}{dx} - a ^2 y = 0$
Put the values from equation (i) and (ii)
$(1-x^2).\left ( \ \frac{a^2e^{a\cos^{-1}x}-\frac{axe^{a\cos^{-1}x}}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}}{1-x^2} \right )-x.\left ( \frac{-ae^{a\cos^{-1}x}}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} \right )-a^2e^{a\cos^{-1}x}$
$a^2e^{a\cos^{-1}x}-\frac{axe^{a\cos^{-1}x}}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}+\left ( \frac{axe^{a\cos^{-1}x}}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} \right )-a^2e^{a\cos^{-1}x} = 0$
Hence proved
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