JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation of implicit function Parametric

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    If \[{{y}^{x}}+{{x}^{y}}={{a}^{b}}\],then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

    A)            \[-\frac{y{{x}^{y-1}}+{{y}^{x}}\log y}{x{{y}^{x-1}}+{{x}^{y}}\log x}\]

    B)            \[\frac{y{{x}^{y-1}}+{{y}^{x}}\log y}{x{{y}^{x-1}}+{{x}^{y}}\log x}\]

    C)            \[-\frac{y{{x}^{y-1}}+{{y}^{x}}}{x{{y}^{x-1}}+{{x}^{y}}l}\]

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

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               \[{{x}^{y}}+{{y}^{x}}={{a}^{b}}\]; Let \[{{x}^{y}}=u\] and \[{{y}^{x}}=v\]            Þ \[u+v={{a}^{b}}\]Þ\[\frac{du}{dx}+\frac{dv}{dx}=0\]            Now differentiating both by taking their \[\log \]separately                    \[\frac{du}{dx}={{x}^{y}}\left( \frac{y}{x}+\frac{dy}{dx}\log x \right)\]                                ?..(i)                 and             \[\frac{dv}{dx}={{y}^{x}}\left( \log y+\frac{x}{y}.\frac{dy}{dx} \right)\]                  ?..(ii)            Therefore, by (i) and (ii), \[\frac{dy}{dx}=-\frac{y{{x}^{y-1}}+{{y}^{x}}\log y}{{{x}^{y}}\log x+x{{y}^{x-1}}}\].


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