JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    \[\frac{d}{dx}\left( {{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}-1}{x} \right)\] is equal to            [MP PET 2004]

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

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

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

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

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               Let \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}-1}{x}\]                    Put \[x=\tan \theta ,\] then \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\sqrt{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta }-1}{\tan \theta } \right)\]                    \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\sec \theta -1}{\tan \theta } \right)={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1-\cos \theta }{\sin \theta } \right)\]                    \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2{{\sin }^{2}}\frac{\theta }{2}}{2\sin \frac{\theta }{2}\cos \frac{\theta }{2}} \right)={{\tan }^{-1}}\tan \frac{\theta }{2}\]                    \[y=\frac{\theta }{2}=\frac{1}{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}x\],\[(\because \theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}x)\].                    Hence \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{2(1+{{x}^{2}})}\].


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