JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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    If \[u=\frac{x+y}{x-y}\], then \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\]                                         [EAMCET 1991]

    A)            \[\frac{1}{x-y}\]

    B)            \[\frac{2}{x-y}\]

    C)            \[\frac{1}{{{(x-y)}^{2}}}\]

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

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

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


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