JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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    If \[u={{\tan }^{-1}}(x+y),\] then \[x\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+y\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\]   [EAMCET 1996]

    A)            \[\sin 2u\]

    B)            \[\frac{1}{2}\sin 2u\]

    C)            \[2\tan u\]

    D)            \[{{\sec }^{2}}u\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       \[\tan u=x+y=x.\left( 1+\frac{y}{x} \right)\]                    \[\therefore \] \[\tan u\] is homogeneous in \[x,\,y\] of order 1.                    \[\therefore \] \[x\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\tan u)+y\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\tan u)=\tan u\]                    \[\therefore \] \[x{{\sec }^{2}}u\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+y{{\sec }^{2}}u\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\tan u\]                    \[\therefore \] \[x\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+y\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\tan u.{{\cos }^{2}}u=\sin u\cos u\] = \[\frac{1}{2}\sin 2u\].


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