Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section A

Chapter

Differential Equations

Question:

Let $y=log(x+x\sqrt{x^2+1})$, and $a\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}+b\frac{dy}{dx}=c$. Then identify the correct statements about the values of a, b and c:

(A) a = 1 + x2

(B) b = 0

(C) c = 0

(D) b = x

(E) c = 2

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B), (E) only

(A), (B), (C) only

(A), (C), (D) only

(A), (B), (D) only

Correct Answer:

(A), (C), (D) only

Explanation:

Differentiable w.r.t.x.

$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{d[log(x+\sqrt{x^2+1})]}{d(x+\sqrt{x^2+1})}×\frac{d[x+\sqrt{x^2+1}]}{dx}$

$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{x+\sqrt{x^2+1}}×[1+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x^2+1}}×2x]$

$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{x+\sqrt{x^2+1}}×\frac{x+\sqrt{x^2+1}}{\sqrt{x^2+1}}=\frac{dy}{dx}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+1}}$

$\sqrt{x^2+1}\frac{dy}{dx}=1$   ....(ii)

Differentiable eq.(ii) w.r.t.x

$\sqrt{x^2+1}.\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}+\frac{dy}{dx}×\frac{d}{dx}\sqrt{x^2+1}=0$  $\frac{d}{dx}(u.v)=u.\frac{dv}{dx}+v.\frac{du}{dx}$

$\sqrt{x^2+1}.\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}+\frac{dy}{dx}×\frac{1}{2+\sqrt{x^2+1}}×2x=0$  

$\sqrt{x^2+1}.\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}+\frac{x.\frac{dy}{dx}}{\sqrt{x^2+1}}=0$

$\frac{(x^2+1)\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}+x.\frac{dy}{dx}}{\sqrt{x^2+1}}=0$

$(x^2+1)\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}+x.\frac{dy}{dx}=0$

So value for a = x2 + 1, b = x, c = 0