JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    If \[y={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}(\alpha +\beta )+2\sin \alpha \sin \beta \cos (\alpha +\beta )\], then \[\frac{{{d}^{3}}y}{d{{\alpha }^{3}}}\] is, (keeping \[\beta \]as constant)

    A)            \[\frac{{{\sin }^{3}}(\alpha +\beta )}{\cos \alpha }\]

    B)            \[\cos (\alpha +3\beta )\]

    C)            0

    D)            None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

               \[y={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}(\alpha +\beta )+2\sin \alpha \sin \beta \cos (\alpha +\beta )\]                      \[={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +\cos (\alpha +\beta )\{\cos (\alpha +\beta )+2\sin \alpha \sin \beta \}\]                      \[={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +\cos (\alpha +\beta )\cos (\alpha -\beta )\]                      \[={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +\frac{1}{2}(\cos 2\alpha +\cos 2\beta )\]                      \[={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha -\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\cos 2\beta }{2}\]                    Þ  \[y=\]constant   Þ  \[\frac{{{d}^{3}}y}{d{{\alpha }^{3}}}=0\]                    Trick: Let \[\beta =180{}^\circ \]{since \[\beta \]is constant}                    \[\therefore y={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha =1\Rightarrow \frac{{{d}^{3}}y}{d{{\alpha }^{3}}}=0\].


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