JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    If \[y=x\log \left( \frac{x}{a+bx} \right)\], then \[{{x}^{3}}\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=\] [WB JEE 1991; Roorkee 1976]

    A)            \[x\frac{dy}{dx}-y\]

    B)            \[{{\left( x\frac{dy}{dx}-y \right)}^{2}}\]

    C)            \[y\frac{dy}{dx}-x\]

    D)            \[{{\left( y\frac{dy}{dx}-x \right)}^{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               From the given relation \[\frac{y}{x}=\log x-\log (a+bx)\]            Differentiating we get \[\frac{\left( x\frac{dy}{dx}-y \right)}{{{x}^{2}}}=\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{a+bx}b=\frac{a}{x(a+bx)}\]            \[\therefore x\frac{dy}{dx}-y=\frac{ax}{a+bx}\]                                  .....(i)            Differentiating again w.r.t. x, we get            \[x\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}+\frac{dy}{dx}-\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{(a+bx)a-ax.b}{{{(a+bx)}^{2}}}\]Þ\[x\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{(a+bx)}^{2}}}\]                    Þ  \[{{x}^{3}}\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=\frac{{{a}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}}{{{(a+bx)}^{2}}}={{\left( x\frac{dy}{dx}-y \right)}^{2}}\] , [by (i)].


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