RD Sharma Solutions Class 12 Mathematics Chapter 10 VSA

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RD Sharma Solutions Class 12 Mathematics Chapter 10 VSA

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RD Sharma Class 12 Solutions Chapter 10 VSA Differentiation - Other Exercise

Differentiation Excercise: VSA

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 1

Answer:
The answer will be $\frac{1}{e}$
Hint:
If $f(x)=\log _{e}\left(\log _{e} x\right)$ then write the value of $f^{\prime}(e)$
Given:
$\frac{d}{d x} \log _{e} x=\frac{1}{x}$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &f(x)=\log _{e}\left(\log _{e} x\right) \\\\ &f^{\prime}(x)=\frac{d}{d x}\left[\log _{e}\left(\log _{e} x\right)\right] \end{aligned}$
$=\frac{1}{\log _{e} x} \cdot \frac{d}{d x} \log _{e} x$
$\begin{aligned} &f^{\prime}(x)=\frac{1}{\log _{e} x}\times \frac{1}{x} \\\\ &f^{\prime}(e)=\frac{1}{\log _{e} e}\times \frac{1}{e} \\\\ &f^{\prime}(e)=\frac{1}{e} \end{aligned}$
So, the answer will be $\frac{1}{e}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 2

Answer:
The answer of given question is 1.
Hint:
$(f o f)(x)=f[f(x)]$
Given:
$\text { If } f(x)=x+1 \text { then find } \frac{d}{d x}(\text { fof })(x)$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &f(x)=x+1 \\\\ &f[f(x)]=f(x+1) \\\\ &=x+1+1 \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d}{d x}(f o f)(x)=\frac{d}{d x}(x+2) \\\\ &=1 \end{aligned}$
so, the answer will be 1

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 3

Answer:
The answer of the following will be $\frac{2}{e}$
Given:
$\text { If}f^{\prime}(1)=2 \text { and } y=f\left(\log _{e} x\right), \text { find } \frac{d y}{d x} \text { at } x=e$
Hint:
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}\left[f\left(\log _{e} x\right)\right]$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=f\left(\log _{e} x\right) \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=f^{\prime}\left(\log _{e} x\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left(\log _{e} x\right) \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{f^{\prime}\left(\log _{e} x\right)}{x} \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}(\text { at } x=e)=\frac{f^{\prime}\left(\log _{e} e\right)}{e} \\\\ &=\frac{f^{{}'}1}{e} \text { since } f^{{}'} 1=2 \\\\ &=\frac{2}{e} \end{aligned}$
∴So, the answer will be $\frac{2}{e}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 4

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be $\frac{1}{2}$ .
Given:
If $f(1)=4 \text { and } f^{\prime}(1)=2$ , find the value of derivative $\log \left[f\left(e^{x}\right)\right]$ with respect to $x$ at the point $x=0$
Hint:
$\frac{d}{d x}(\log x)=\frac{1}{x} \& \frac{d}{d x}\left(e^{x}\right)=e^{x} \& \frac{d}{d x}[f(x)]=f^{\prime}(x)$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d u}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x} \log \left[f\left(e^{x}\right)\right] \\\\ &=\frac{1}{f\left(e^{x}\right)} \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left[f\left(e^{x}\right)\right] \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &=\frac{1}{f\left(e^{x}\right)} \cdot f^{\prime}\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left(e^{x}\right) \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d u}{d x}=\frac{f^{\prime}\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot e^{x}}{f\left(e^{x}\right)} \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{d u}{d x}(\text { at } x=0)=\frac{f^{\prime}\left(e^{0}\right) \cdot e^{0}}{f\left(e^{0}\right)} \\\\ &=\frac{f^{\prime}(1) \cdot 1}{f(1)} \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &=\frac{2}{4} \\\\ &=\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}$
∴So, the answer will be $\frac{1}{2}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 5

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be 2.
Given:
$\text { If } f^{\prime}(x)=\sqrt{2 x^{2}-1} \text { and } y=f\left(x^{2}\right) \text { then find } \frac{d y}{d x} \text { at } x=1$
Hint:
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}\left[f\left(x^{2}\right)\right]=f^{\prime}\left(x^{2}\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{2}\right)$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=f\left(x^{2}\right) \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=f^{\prime}\left(x^{2}\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{2}\right) \\\\ &=2 x \cdot f^{\prime}\left(x^{2}\right) \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=2 x \cdot \sqrt{2\left(x^{2}\right)^{2}-1} \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=2 x \cdot \sqrt{2 x^{4}-1} \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}(\text { at } x=1)=2.1 \cdot \sqrt{2(1)^{4}-1} \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &=2 \sqrt{2-1} \\\\ &=2 \times 1 \\\\ &=2 \end{aligned}$
So, the answer will be 2.

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 7

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be 1.
Given:
If $\sin ^{-1}(\sin x),-\frac{\pi}{2} \leq x \leq \frac{\pi}{2}$ then write the value of $\frac{d y}{d x} \text { for } x \in\left[-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right]$
Hint:
$x \in\left[-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right]$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &\sin ^{-1}(\sin x)=x, x \in\left[-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right] \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}(x)=1 \\\\ &\therefore \frac{d y}{d x}=1 \end{aligned}$
So the answer will be 1.

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 8

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be -1.
Given:
$\text { If } \frac{\pi}{2} \leq x \leq \frac{3 \pi}{2} \text { and } y=\sin ^{-1}(\sin x) \text { find } \frac{d y}{d x}$
Hint:
Here, $\frac{\pi}{2} \leq x \leq \frac{3 \pi}{2}$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=\sin ^{-1}(\sin x)=(\pi-x) \\\\ &\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}(\pi-x)=-1 \end{aligned}$
So the answer of $\frac{d y}{d x}=-1$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 9

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be -1.
Given:
$\text { If } \pi \leq x \leq 2 \pi \text { and } y=\cos ^{-1}(\cos x) \text { find } \frac{d y}{d x}$
Hint:
$\pi \leq x \leq 2 \pi$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=\cos ^{-1}(\cos x)=(2 \pi-x) \\\\ &\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}(2 \pi-x) \\\\ &=-1 \end{aligned}$
So the answer of $\frac{d y}{d x}=-1$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 10

Answer:
The answer of the given question is $\frac{2}{1+x^{2}}$
Given:
$\text { Ify }=\sin ^{-1}\left[\frac{2 x}{1+x^{2}}\right] \text { write the value of } \frac{d y}{d x} \text { for } x>1 \text { . }$
Hint:
$\text { putting } x=\tan \theta$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=\sin ^{-1}\left[\frac{2 x}{1+x^{2}}\right] \\\\ &y=\sin ^{-1}\left[\frac{2 \tan \theta}{1+\tan ^{2} \theta}\right] \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &y=\sin ^{-1} \sin 2 \theta \\\\ &y=2 \theta \\\\ &\Rightarrow y=2 \tan ^{-1} x \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=2 \cdot \frac{1}{1+x^{2}} \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{2}{1+x^{2}} \end{aligned}$
So the answer will be $\frac{2}{1+x^{2}}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 11

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be 2
Given:
$\text { Iff }(0)=f(1)=0, f^{\prime}(1)=2 \text { and } y=f\left(e^{x}\right) e^{f(x)}$ write the value of $\frac{d y}{d x} \text { for } x=0$
Hint:
$\frac{d}{d x} u v=u \cdot \frac{d}{d x} \cdot v+. v \frac{d}{d x} u$
Solution:
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\left[f\left(e^{x}\right) e^{f(x)}\right]=\frac{d}{d x}\left[f\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot e^{f(x)}+f\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x} e^{f(x)}\right]$
$=\frac{d}{d x} f^{\prime}\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x} e^{x} \cdot e^{f(x)}+f\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot e^{f(x)} \cdot \frac{d}{d x}[f(x)]$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=f^{\prime}\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot e^{x} \cdot e^{f(x)}+f\left(e^{x}\right) \cdot e^{f(x)} \cdot f^{\prime}(x) \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=f^{\prime}\left(e^{0}\right) \cdot e^{0} \cdot e^{f(0)}+f\left(e^{0}\right) \cdot e^{f(0)} \cdot f^{\prime}(0) \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &=f^{\prime}(1) \cdot 1 \cdot e^{f(0)}+f(1) \cdot e^{f(0)} \cdot f^{\prime}(0) \\\\ &=2 . e^{0}+0 . e^{0} \cdot 2 \\\\ &=2.1+0 \\\\ &=2 \end{aligned}$
So the answer of $\frac{d y}{d x}=2$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 12

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be -2x.
Given:
$\text { If } y=x|x| \text { find } \frac{d y}{d x} \text { for } x<0$
Hint:
$|x|=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} x, & x \geq 0 \\ -x, & x<0 \end{array}\right\}$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=x|x| \\\\ &y=x(-x,) \text { since } x<0 \\\\ &=-x^{2} \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{2}\right)=-2 x \\\\ &\text { So, the } \frac{d y}{d x}=-2 x \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 13

Answer:
The answer of the given question will be 0.
Given:
$\text { If } y=\sin ^{-1} x+\cos ^{-1} x \text { find } \frac{d y}{d x}$
Hint:
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d}{d x}\left(\sin ^{-1} x\right)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \\\\ &\frac{d}{d x}\left(\cos ^{-1} x\right)=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \end{aligned}$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=\sin ^{-1} x+\cos ^{-1} x \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \\\\ &=0 \end{aligned}$
So, the answer of $\frac{d y}{d x}=0$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 14

Answer:
$\text { The value of } \frac{d y}{d x}=-\tan \theta / 2$
Given:
$\text { If } x=a(\theta+\sin \theta), y=a(1+\cos \theta) \text { find } \frac{d y}{d x}$
Hint:
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d}{d x}(\sin x)=\cos x \\\\ &\frac{d}{d x}(\cos x)=-\sin x \end{aligned}$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d x}{d \theta}=a \frac{d}{d \theta}(\theta+\sin \theta) \\\\ &=a[1+\cos \theta] \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d y}{d \theta}=a \frac{d}{d \theta}[1+\cos \theta] \\\\ &=-a \sin \theta \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{-a \sin \theta}{a(1+\cos \theta)} \\\\ &=\frac{-\sin \theta}{1+\cos \theta} \end{aligned}$
$=\frac{-2 \sin ^{\theta} / 2 \cos ^{\theta} / 2}{2 \cos ^{2} \theta / 2}$ using formula of half angle
$=-\tan \theta / 2$
So, the answer of $\frac{d y}{d x}=-\tan \theta / 2$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 15

Answer:
$-1$
Hint:
$\begin{aligned} &\text { Using (1) } 1-\cos 2 x=2 \sin ^{2} x\\ &\text { (2) } 1+\cos 2 x=2 \cos ^{2} x \end{aligned}$
Given:
$y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos 2 x}{1+\cos 2 x}}\right)$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos 2 x}{1+\cos 2 x}}\right) \\\\ &y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{2 \sin ^{2} x}{2 \cos ^{2} x}}\right) \end{aligned}$
Using
$\begin{aligned} &1-\cos 2 x=2 \sin ^{2} x \\\\ &1+\cos 2 x=2 \cos ^{2} x \\\\ &y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\tan ^{2} x}\right) \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &y=\tan ^{-1}(-\tan x)\left[-\frac{\pi}{2}<x<0\right] \\\\ &y=-x \quad\left[\because \tan ^{-1}(\tan x)=x\right] \end{aligned}$
Differentiate it w.r.t x, we get
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d(-x)}{d x} \\\\ &\frac{d y}{d x}=-1 \text { for } x \in\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}, 0\right) \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 16

Answer:
The value of $\frac{d y}{d x} \text { at } x=e \text { is } 2 e^{e}$
Hint:
Taking logarithm on both sides.
Given:
$y=x^{x}$
Solution:
$y=x^{x}$
Taking logarithm on both sides.
$\log y=x \log x$
Differentiating with respect to x on both sides.,
$\frac{1}{y} \frac{d y}{d x}=x \cdot \frac{1}{x}+1 . \log x$
$\begin{aligned} &=1+\log x \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=y(1+\log x) \\\\ &\Rightarrow x^{x}(1+\log x) \end{aligned}$
So at $x=e$ ,
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d y}{d x}=e^{e}(1+\log e) \\\\ &=e^{e}(1+1) \\\\ &=2 e^{e} \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 17

Answer:
The value of
$\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}$ Hint:
Using the chain rule of differentiation.
Given:
$\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right)$ Solution:
$y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right)$ Using the chain rule of differentiation $\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{1+\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right)^{2}} \cdot \frac{(1+x) \cdot(1-x)^{1}-(1+x)^{1} \cdot(1-x)}{(1+x)^{2}}$ $\begin{aligned} &=\frac{(1+x)^{2}}{(1+x)^{2}+(1-x)^{2}} \cdot \frac{(1+x) \cdot(-1)-(1) \cdot(1-x)}{(1+x)^{2}} \\\\ &=\frac{-2}{(1+x)^{2}+(1-x)^{2}} \end{aligned}$

$\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 18

Answer:
The value of $\frac{d y}{d x} \text { is } \frac{1}{x \log _{e} a}$
Hint:
By using the properties of logarithm.
Given:
$y=\log _{a} x$
Solution:
$y=\log _{a} x$
$=\frac{\log _{e} x}{\log _{e} a}$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{\log _{e} a} \cdot \frac{1}{x}$
$=\frac{1}{\operatorname{xlog}_{e} a}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 19

Answer:
$\cos \operatorname{ec} 2 x$
Hint:
By using the chain rule of differentiation
Given:
$y=\log \sqrt{\tan x}$
Solution:
$\text { i. } e \cdot \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d(\log \sqrt{\tan x})}{d(\sqrt{\tan x})} \cdot \frac{d(\sqrt{\tan x})}{d(\tan x)} \cdot \frac{d(\tan x)}{d x}$
$\begin{aligned} &=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\tan x}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \sqrt{\tan x}} \cdot \sec ^{2} x \\\\ &=\frac{\sec ^{2} x}{2 \tan x} \\\\ &=\frac{1+\tan ^{2} x}{2 \tan x} \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &=\frac{1}{2}(\tan x+\cot x) \\\\ &=\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}+\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}\right] \end{aligned}$
$=\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{\sin ^{2} x+\cos ^{2} x}{\sin x \cos x}\right] \quad\left[\because \sin ^{2} x+\cos ^{2} x=1\right]$
$=\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{2}{\sin 2 x}=\cos e c 2 x \quad[\sin 2 x=2 \sin x \cos x]$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 20

Answer:
$\frac{d y}{d x}=0, \text { for all } x \in R$
Hint:
$-1<\frac{1-x^{2}}{1+x^{2}} \leq 1 \text { holds for all } x \in R$
Given:
$y=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x^{2}}{1+x^{2}}\right)+\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x^{2}}{1+x^{2}}\right)$
Solution:
$-1<\frac{1-x^{2}}{1+x^{2}} \leq 1 \text { holds for all } x \in R$
So,
$y=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x^{2}}{1+x^{2}}\right)+\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x^{2}}{1+x^{2}}\right)=\frac{\pi}{2} ; \text { for all } x \in R$
$\therefore \sin ^{-1} m+\cos ^{-1} m=\frac{\pi}{2}, m \in(-1,1)$
Hence,
$\frac{d y}{d x}=0, \text { for all } x \in R$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 21

Answer:
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\{0, x \geq 0\} \text { does not exist for } x<0$
Hint:
changing $\sec ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right) \text { into } \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{x-1}{x+1}\right)$
Given:
$y=\sec ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right)+\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right)$
Solution:
$\begin{aligned} &y=\sec ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right)+\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right) \\\\ &y=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{x-1}{x+1}\right)+\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right) \end{aligned}$
Which exists for
$-1 \leq\left(\frac{x-1}{x+1}\right) \leq 1\text { and is equal to } \frac{\pi}{2}$
Now,
$\frac{x-1}{x+1} \leq 1$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{x-1}{x+1}-1 \leq 0 \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{x-1}{x+1}-\frac{x+1}{x+1} \leq 0 \\\\ &\Rightarrow-\frac{2}{x+1} \leq 0 \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow x+1>0 \\\\ &\Rightarrow x>1 \ldots \ldots \ldots . . \text { (i) } \end{aligned}$
Also,
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{x-1}{x+1} \geq-1 \\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{x-1}{x+1}+1 \geq 0 \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \frac{x-1}{x+1}+\frac{x+1}{x+1} \geq 0\\\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{2 x}{x+1} \geq 0\\\\ &\Rightarrow x \geq 0 \text { or } x<-1 \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots(ii) \end{aligned}$
Comparing equations (i) and (ii) we understand that the condition satisfying both inequalities is $x\geq 0$ . So, for $x\geq 0$
$y=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{x-1}{x+1}\right)+\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{x+1}{x-1}\right)=\frac{\pi}{2}$ , which is a constant
So,
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\{0, x \geq 0\} \text { does not exist for } x<0$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 22

Answer: The value of $\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{(1-x)^{2}}$
Hint:
we replace $1+x+x^{2}+\cdots \infty \text { by } \frac{1}{1-x}$
Given:
$|x|<1 \text { and } y=1+x+x^{2}+\cdots \infty$
Solution:
Since $|x|<1$ ,
$\begin{aligned} &y=1+x+x^{2}+\cdots \infty \\\\ &=\frac{1}{1-x} \\\\ &\therefore \frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{1}{(1-x)^{2}} \cdot-1 \end{aligned}$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{(1-x)^{2}}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 23

Answer:
1
Hint:
Using $\frac{d u}{d v}=\frac{\frac{d u}{d x}}{\frac{d v}{d x}}$
Given:
$\begin{aligned} &u=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x}{1+x^{2}}\right) \text { and } v=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x}{1+x^{2}}\right) \\ &\text { where }-1<x<1 \end{aligned}$
Solution:
$u=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x}{1+x^{2}}\right)$ ..............(i)
Put $x=\tan \theta$
$u=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \tan \theta}{1+\tan ^{2} \theta}\right)$
$u=\sin ^{-1}(\sin 2 \theta) \quad\left[\because \frac{2 \tan \theta}{1+\tan ^{2} \theta}=\sin 2 \theta\right]$
$u=2 \theta \quad\left[\sin ^{-1}(\sin \theta)=\theta\right]$
$u=2 \tan ^{-1} x \quad\left[\because \theta=\tan ^{-1} x\right]$
Differentiating it w.r.t x we get
$\frac{d u}{d x}=\frac{2}{1+x^{2}}$
Again we have,
$\begin{aligned} &v=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}\right) \\\\ &\text { Put } x=\tan \theta \\\\ &v=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \tan \theta}{1-\tan ^{2} \theta}\right) \end{aligned}$
$v=\tan ^{-1}(\tan 2 \theta) \quad\left[\because \tan 2 \theta=\frac{2 \tan \theta}{1-\tan ^{2} \theta}\right]$
$v=2 \theta \quad\left[\because \tan ^{-1}(\tan \theta)=\theta\right]$
$v=2 \tan ^{-1} x \quad\left[\because \theta=\tan ^{-1} x\right]$
Differentiating it w.r.t x, we get
$\frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2}{1+x^{2}}$
now,
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d u}{d v}=\frac{\frac{d u}{d x}}{\frac{d v}{d x}}=\frac{\frac{2}{\left(1+x^{2}\right)}}{\frac{2}{\left(1+x^{2}\right)}} \\\\ &\frac{d u}{d v}=1 \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 24

Answer:
The value of $f^{\prime}(1) \text { is } 0$
Hint:
Using the chain rule of differentiation.
Given:
$f(x)=\log \left\{\frac{u(x)}{v(x)}\right\}, u(1)=v(1) \text { and } u^{\prime}(1)=v^{\prime}(1)=2$
Solution:
Using the chain rule of differentiation
$f^{\prime}(x)=\frac{1}{\frac{u(x)}{v(x)}} \cdot \frac{v(x) \cdot u^{\prime}(x)-v^{\prime}(x) \cdot u(x)}{(v(x))^{2}}$
$f^{\prime}(x)=\frac{v(x) \cdot u^{\prime}(x)-v^{\prime}(x) \cdot u(x)}{u(x) \cdot v(x)}$
Putting $x=1$
$f^{\prime}(1)=\frac{v(1) \cdot u^{\prime}(1)-v^{\prime}(1) \cdot u(1)}{u(1) \cdot v(1)}$
$=\frac{2 v(1) \cdot-2 u(1)}{u(1) \cdot v(1)}$
Since,
$\begin{aligned} &u(1)=v(1) \\\\ &2 v(1) \cdot-2 v(1)=0 \\\\ &\text { i.e, } f^{\prime}(1)=0 \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 25

Answer:
The value of $\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{x}, x \neq 0$
Hint:
By using the properties of logarithm.
Given:
$y=\log |3 x|, x \neq 0$
Solution:
$y=\log |3 x|$
So,
$\begin{aligned} &\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{3 x} \cdot 3 \\\\ &=\frac{1}{x}, x \neq 0 \\\\ &\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{x}, x \neq 0 \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 26

Answer:
$f^{\prime}(x)$ is an odd function.
Hint:
Differentiate equation on the both sides with respect to x.
Given:
$f^{}(x)$ is an even function.
Solution:
$f^{}(x)$ is an even function.
This means that $f(-x)=f(x)$
If we differentiate this equation on both sides with respect to x, we get.
$\begin{aligned} &f^{\prime}(x) \cdot(-1)=f^{\prime}(x) \\\\ &\text { or },-f^{\prime}(-x)=f^{\prime}(x) \end{aligned}$
i.e. $f^{\prime}(x)$ is an odd function.

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 27

Answer:
$f^{\prime}(x)$ is an even function
Hint:
Differentiate equation on the both sides with respect to x.
Given:
$f(x)$ is an odd function.
Solution:
$f(x)$ is an odd function.
This means that $f(-x)=-f(x)$
If we differentiate this equation on both sides with respect to x, we get.
$\begin{aligned} &f^{\prime}(-x) \cdot(-1)=-f^{\prime}(x) \\\\ &\text { or, } f^{\prime}(-x)=f^{\prime}(x) \end{aligned}$
i.e, $f^{\prime}(x)$ is an even function

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 28

Answer:
Derivation of $sin \; x$ with respect to $cos \; x$ is $-cot \; x.$
Hint:
By using the chain rule of differentiation.
Given:
Derivation of $sin \; x$ with respect to $cos \; x$ is $\cos \; x.$
Solution:
We have to find
$\frac{d}{d(\cos x)}(\sin x)$
So, we use the chain rule of differentiation to evaluate this.
$\frac{d}{d(\cos x)}(\sin x)=\frac{d(\sin x)}{d x} \cdot \frac{d x}{d(\cos x)}$
$\begin{aligned} &=\cos x \cdot \frac{1}{-\sin x} \\\\ &=-\cot x \end{aligned}$

Differentiation exercise Very short answers question 29

Answer:
The value of $\frac{d y}{d x} \text { is }-e^{x} \tan e^{x}$
Hint:
Differentiating both sides with respect to x.
Given:
$y=\log \cos e^{x}$
Solution:
$y=\log \cos e^{x}$
Differentiating both sides with respect to x.
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d\left\{\log \left(\cos e^{x}\right)\right\}}{d x}$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{1}{\cos e^{x}} \cdot \frac{d\left(\cos e^{x}\right)}{d e^{x}} \cdot \frac{d e^{x}}{d x}\left(\therefore \frac{d \log x}{d x}=\frac{1}{x}\right)$
$=\frac{1}{\cos e^{x}} \cdot\left(-\sin e^{x}\right) \cdot e^{x}\left(\therefore \frac{d e^{x}}{d x}=e^{x}\right)$
$\begin{aligned} &=\frac{-\sin e^{x}}{\cos e^{x}} \cdot e^{x} \\\\ &=-\tan e^{x} \cdot e^{x} \\\\ &=-e^{x} \cdot \tan e^{x} \end{aligned}$

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