JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    A curve is given by the equations  \[x=a\cos \theta +\frac{1}{2}b\cos 2\theta ,\] \[y=a\sin \theta +\frac{1}{2}b\,\sin \,2\theta \], then the points for which \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=0,\] is given by [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]

    A)            \[\sin \theta =\frac{2{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}{5ab}\]

    B)            \[\tan \theta =\frac{3{{a}^{2}}+2{{b}^{2}}}{4ab}\]

    C)            \[\cos \theta =\frac{-\left( {{a}^{2}}+2{{b}^{2}} \right)}{3ab}\]

    D)            \[\cos \theta =\frac{\left( {{a}^{2}}-2{{b}^{2}} \right)}{3ab}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

               \[x=a\cos \theta +\frac{1}{2}b\cos 2\theta \], \[y=a\sin \theta +\frac{1}{2}b\sin 2\theta \]            \[\frac{dy}{d\theta }=a\cos \theta +b\cos 2\theta \], \[\frac{dx}{d\theta }=-a\sin \theta -b\sin 2\theta \]            \ \[\therefore \]            \[\frac{d}{dx}\,\left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)\,=\,\frac{d}{d\theta }\,.\,\left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)\,.\,\frac{d\theta }{dx}\]                         = \[\left[ \frac{(a\sin \theta +b\sin 2\theta )(a\sin \theta +2b\sin 2\theta )}{{{(a\sin \theta +b\sin 2\theta )}^{2}}} \right.\] \[\left. +\frac{(a\cos \theta +b\cos 2\theta )(a\cos \theta +2b\cos 2\theta )}{{{(a\sin \theta +b\sin 2\theta )}^{2}}} \right]\,.\,\frac{d\theta }{dx}\]but \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=0\]            Þ  \[{{a}^{2}}+2{{b}^{2}}+3ab[\sin 2\theta \,\sin \theta +\cos 2\theta \,.\,\cos \theta ]=0\]            Þ  \[{{a}^{2}}+2{{b}^{2}}=-3ab\cos (2\theta -\theta )\]            \ \[\cos \theta =-\left( \frac{{{a}^{2}}+2{{b}^{2}}}{3ab} \right)\].


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