JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    \[\frac{d}{dx}\left\{ {{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1-{{x}^{2}}}{1+{{x}^{2}}} \right) \right\}=\]                                [AISSE 1984]

    A)            \[\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]

    B)            \[-\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]

    C)            \[-\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]

    D)            \[\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               \[\frac{d}{dx}\left\{ {{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1-{{x}^{2}}}{1+{{x}^{2}}} \right) \right\}\]            Let \[\frac{1-{{x}^{2}}}{1+{{x}^{2}}}=\cos \theta \] Þ  \[1-{{x}^{2}}=(1+{{x}^{2}})\cos \theta \]            Þ  \[-{{x}^{2}}(1+\cos \theta )=\cos \theta -1\]            Þ   \[{{x}^{2}}=\frac{1-\cos \theta }{1+\cos \theta }=\frac{2{{\sin }^{2}}\frac{\theta }{2}}{2{{\cos }^{2}}\frac{\theta }{2}}={{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\theta }{2}\]            or \[x=\tan \frac{\theta }{2}\] or \[\theta =2{{\tan }^{-1}}x\]                    So, \[\frac{d}{dx}[\theta ]=\frac{d}{dx}[2{{\tan }^{-1}}x]=\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\].


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