JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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    If \[u={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{y}{x} \right),\] then \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}\] is equal to [Tamilnadu (Engg.) 1992]

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

    B)            \[\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-{{y}^{2}}}}\]

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

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

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               \[u={{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{y}{x}\];\[\tan u\] \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}}}}.\left( -\frac{y}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)=-\frac{y}{x\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}}\].


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