JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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    If \[u={{x}^{2}}{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x}-{{y}^{2}}{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{x}{y}\], then \[\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial x\,\partial \,y}=\] [Tamilnadu (Engg.) 2002]

    A)            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}\]

    B)            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}\]

    C)            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}\]

    D)            \[-\frac{{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       \[u={{x}^{2}}{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x}-{{y}^{2}}\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x} \right)=({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}){{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x}-\frac{\pi }{2}{{y}^{2}}\]            \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})\frac{1}{1+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}}}.\frac{1}{x}+2y{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x}-\pi y\]                       = \[x+2y{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x}-\pi y\]             \[\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial x\,\partial y}=1+2y\frac{1}{1+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}}}.\frac{-y}{{{x}^{2}}}\]=\[1-\frac{2{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}=\frac{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}\].


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