DIFFERENTITATION

Class-12 DIFFERENTITATION
Practice Question & worksheet for chapter 05

2x  3
1. Differentiate
x2  5
2 x 2  6 x  10 2 x 2  6 x  10
(a) (b)
( x 2  5)2 ( x 2  5)2
2 x 2  6 x  10
(c) (d) none of above
( x 2  5)2
Ans. (b)
Let f ( x)  2 x  3 and g ( x)  x 2  5 . Thus f '( x)  2 and g '( x)  2 x .
d  2 x  3  g ( x) f '( x)  f ( x) g '( x)
  2 
dx  x  5  ( g ( x)) 2
( x 2  5)(2)  (2 x  3)(2 x)
=
( x 2  5)2
2 x 2  6 x  10
=
( x 2  5)2

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2. Find the derivative of the function y  x 2
from first principle. (1marks)
5 3
3  5 
(a)  x 2
(b)  x 2
2 2
3 3
(c)  x 2 (d) none of above
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Ans. (a)
f ( x  h)  f ( x )
f '( x)  lim
h 0 h
3 3 3 3
   
( x  h) 2
x 2
y 2
x 2
= lim  lim where y = x + h
h 0 h yx yx
3  32 1 3  52

= 2 x   x
2

d   32  3  52
 x  x
dx   2

3. Solve 5sin x  2 log x

 2 2
(a) 5cos x  (b) 5sin x 
x x
2
(c) 5cos x  (d) none of above
x
Ans. (c)
d d d
(5sin x  2 log x)  (5sin x)  (2 log x)
dx dx dx
d d 2
= 5 5 (sin x)  2 (log x)  5cos x 
dx dx x

4. Differentiate e cos x
(a) sin x.ecos x (b)  sin x.ecos x
(c) cos x.esin x (d) none of above
Ans. (b)
Put y  cos x and z  e y
dy dz
Then  cos x and  ey
dx dy
d cos x dz dz dy
(e )   .  e y .( sin x)   sin x.ecos x
dx dx dy dx

5. Differentiate tan 1 log x

1 x
(a) (b)
x[1  (log x) 2 ] [1  (log x) 2 ]
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(c) (d) none of above
[1  (log x) 2 ]
Ans. (a)
d 1 d
(tan 1 log x)  . (log x)
dx 1  (log x) dx
2

1
=
x[1  (log x) 2 ]

x e x ... to
6. Find the value of y  e x  e
y
(a) (b) log(1  y )
(1  y )
(1  y )
(c) (d) none of above
y
Ans. (d)

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 Exclusion of a single term from an infinite series does not matter, the given function
can be written as, y  e x  y
 log y  ( x  y )
Differentiating both sides wrt x,
1 dy dy
.  1
y dx dx
 1  dy
Or,   1  1
 y  dx
dy y
 
dx (1  y )

7. differentiate sin x.sin 2x.sin3x.sin 4x

(a) sin x.sin 2 x.sin 3x.sin 4 x[cot x  2 cot 2 x  3cot 3x  4 cot 4 x]
(b) sin x.sin 2 x.sin 3x.sin 4 x[cot x  cot 2 x  cot 3x  cot 4 x]
(c) sin x.sin 2 x.sin 3x.sin 4 x  [cot x.2 cot 2 x.3cot 3 x.4 cot 4 x]
(d) none of above
Ans. (a)
Let y= sin x.sin 2x.sin3x.sin 4x . Then,
log y  log sin x  log sin 2 x  log sin 3x  log sin 4 x
Differentiating both sides,
1 dy 1 1 1 1
.  .cos x  .cos 2 x.2  .cos 3 x.3  .cos 4 x.4
y dx sin x sin 2 x sin 3x sin 4 x

cot x  2cot 2 x  3cot 3x  4cot 4 x

=

dy
So,  sin x.sin 2x.sin3x.sin 4x [ cot x  2cot 2x  3cot 3x  4cot 4x ]
dx

dy
8. Find where 2 x2  3xy  4 y 2  8
dx
4x  4 y 4x  4 y
(a) (b)
3x  8 y 3x  8 y
4x  4 y
(c) (d) none of above
3x  8 y
Ans. (a)
Differentiating both sides wrt x,
dy dy
4 x  3( x  y )  8 y 0
dx dx

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 dy dy
3x  8y  3y  4x
dx dx
dy
 (8 y  3 x)  3 y  4 x
dx
dy 3 y  4 x 4 x  4 y
  
dx 8 y  3 x 3 x  8 y

dy
9. If x  a cos  and y  b sin  , find .
dx
b c
(a) cot  (b)  cot 
c b
(c)  cot  (d) none of above
Ans. (d)
dx
 a sin 
d

dy
 b cos 
d
dy b cos  b
    cot 
dx a sin  c

10. Differentiate x 2 e x sin x .

(a) e x ( x cos x  x sin x  2sin x) (b) xe x (cos x  sin x  2sin x)
(c) xe x ( x cos x  x sin x  2sin x) (d) none of above.
Ans. (c)
d 2 x d d
( x e )  x 2 (e x )  e x ( x 2 )
dx dx dx
= x e  2 xe  ( x  2 x)e
2 x x 2 x

d d d
Now, ( x 2 e x sin x)  x 2e x sin x  sin x ( x 2e x )
dx dx dx
 x e cos x  sin x( x  2 x)e
2 x 2 x

 e x ( x 2 cos x  x 2 sin x  2 x sin x)

 xe x ( x cos x  x sin x  2sin x)

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11. Differentiate cos1 (4 x3  3x) where  1  x  1
3 3
(a) (b) 
1  x2 1  x2
3
(c)  (d) none of above
1  x2
Ans. (c)
d 1 d
[cos 1 (4 x3  3x)]  . (4 x3  3 x)
dx 1  (4 x  3 x) dx
3 2

3  12 x 2

1  (4 x 3  3 x) 2
3(1  4 x 2 )

16 x 6  24 x 4  9 x 2  1
3(1  4 x 2 )

(1  4 x 2 ) 2 (1  x 2 )
3(1  4 x 2 ) 3 1
 ifx 2  and  1  x  1
1  x 2 |1  4 x 2 | 1  x2 4
3 1 1 1
 ifx 2  and  1  x  1i.e.if  1  x   or  x  1
1 x 2 4 2 2

12. Differentiate tan 1  ( 1  x 2  x)

1 1
(a) (b)
2(1  x 2 ) 2(1  x 2 )
1
(c) (d) none of above
2(1  x 2 )
Ans. (a)
Put x  tan  and y = tan 1  ( 1  x 2  x)
Then 1  x 2  sec2 
 
1  x2  x  sec  tan  [ sec is positive when  x , the principle value
2 2
branch of tan 1 x ]

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 1  sin 

cos 
   
cos 2  sin 2  2sin cos
 2 2 2 2
 
cos 2  sin 2
2 2

 
2

 cos  sin 
  2 2
     
 cos  sin  cos  sin 
 2 2  2 2

  
 cos  sin 

2 2
  
 cos  sin 
 2 2

1  tan
 2

1  tan
2

 
tan  tan
 4 2
 
1  tan tan
4 2
  
 tan   
 4 2
   dy      1  d
So tan y  tan    and hence sec 2 y  sec 2      
 4 2 dx  4 2   2  dx
  
sec2 y  1  tan 2 y  1  tan 2   
But  4 2

dy 1 d 1
Hence,  (tan 1 x) 
dx 2 dx 2(1  x 2 )