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Differentiation
Differentiation
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If y(x)=cot1(1+sinx+1sinx1+sinx1sinx),x(π2,π)y(x) = {\cot ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{\sqrt {1 + \sin x} + \sqrt {1 - \sin x} } \over {\sqrt {1 + \sin x} - \sqrt {1 - \sin x} }}} \right),x \in \left( {{\pi \over 2},\pi } \right), then dydx{{dy} \over {dx}} at x=5π6x = {{5\pi } \over 6} is :

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We have, y(x)=cot1(1+sinx+1sinx1+sinx1sinx)y(x)=\cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+\sin x}+\sqrt{1-\sin x}}{\sqrt{1+\sin x}-\sqrt{1-\sin x}}\right) =cot1cosx2+sinx2+cosx2sinx2cosx2+sinx2cosx2sinx2=\cot ^{-1} \frac{\left|\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\right|+\left|\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\right|}{\left|\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\right|-\left|\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\right|} [ as cos2x2+sin2x2=1\left[\text { as } \cos ^2 \frac{x}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}=1\right. and sinx=2sinx2cosx2]\left.\sin x=2 \sin \frac{x}{2} \cos \frac{x}{2}\right] =cot1(cosx2+sinx2+sinx2cosx2cosx2+sinx2sinx2+cosx2)x(π2,π)\begin{aligned} & =\cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}-\cos \frac{x}{2}}{\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}+\cos \frac{x}{2}}\right) \forall x \in\left(\frac{\pi}{2}, \pi\right) \\ & \end{aligned} =cot1(sinx2cosx2)=cot1(tanx2)=\cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sin \frac{x}{2}}{\cos \frac{x}{2}}\right)=\cot ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{x}{2}\right) =π2tan1(tanx2)=\frac{\pi}{2}-\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{x}{2}\right) y(x)=π2x2dydx=y(x)=12=y(5π6)\begin{aligned} & \therefore y^{\prime}(x)=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{x}{2} \\\\ & \Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=y^{\prime}(x)=-\frac{1}{2}=y^{\prime}\left(\frac{5 \pi}{6}\right) \end{aligned}

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