CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    If\[{{x}^{y}}.{{y}^{x}}=16,\]then\[\frac{dy}{dx}\]at (2, 2) is

    A)  1                                            

    B)  2                            

    C)  \[-1\]                   

    D)         \[-2\]

    E)  0

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[{{x}^{y}}{{y}^{x}}=16\] Taking log on both sides, \[y\text{ }log\text{ }x+x\text{ }log\text{ }y=log\text{ }16\] Differentiating on both sides,                 \[\frac{y}{x}+\log x\frac{dy}{dx}+\frac{x}{y}\frac{dy}{dx}+\log y=0\] \[\left( \frac{x}{y}+\log x \right)\frac{dy}{dx}=-\left( \frac{y}{x}+\log y \right)\] \[\frac{dy}{dx}=-\frac{y}{x}\frac{(y+x\log y)}{(x+y\log x)}\] \[{{\left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)}_{at(2,2)}}=\frac{-2}{2}\left( \frac{2+2\log 2}{2+2\log 2} \right)=-1\]


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