JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    \[\frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{3{{a}^{2}}x-{{x}^{3}}}{a({{a}^{2}}-3{{x}^{2}})} \right]\]at \[x=0\]is

    A)            \[\frac{1}{a}\]

    B)            \[\frac{3}{a}\]

    C)            \[3a\]

    D)            3

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               \[\frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{3{{a}^{2}}x-{{x}^{3}}}{a({{a}^{2}}-3{{x}^{2}})} \right]\]            Put \[x=a\tan \theta \] \[\Rightarrow \frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{3{{a}^{3}}\tan \theta -{{a}^{3}}{{\tan }^{3}}\theta }{{{a}^{3}}-3{{a}^{3}}{{\tan }^{2}}\theta } \right]\]                     \[=\frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}(\tan 3\theta )=\frac{d}{dx}(3\theta )=\frac{3a}{{{x}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}}\]                    If \[x=0,\] then \[\frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{3{{a}^{2}}x-{{x}^{3}}}{a({{a}^{2}}-3{{x}^{2}})} \right]=\frac{3}{a}\].


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