Continuity and Differentiability — Class 12 Maths Solution

exemplar objective MCQ NCERT Exemp. Ex.5.3 ,Q.93,Page 115
Question

The derivative of ${\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {2{x^2} - 1} \right)$ w.r.t. ${\cos ^{ - 1}}x$ is

  • (a) 2 ✓ Correct
  • (b) $\frac{{ - 1}}{{2\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}$
  • (c) $\frac{2}{x}$
  • (d) $1 - {x^2}$
Step-by-step Solution
Correct answer: option (a)

Let $u = {\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {2{x^2} - 1} \right)$ and $v = {\cos ^{ - 1}}x$

therefore,$\frac{{dv}}{{dx}} = \frac{{ + - 1}}{{\sqrt {1 - {{\left( {2{x^2} - 1} \right)}^2}} }} \cdot 4x = \frac{{ - 4x}}{{\sqrt {1 - \left( {4{x^4} + 1 - 4{x^2}} \right)} }}$

$= \frac{{ - 4x}}{{\sqrt { - 4{x^4} + 4{x^2}} }} = \frac{{ - 4x}}{{\sqrt {4{x^2}\left( {1 - {x^2}} \right)} }}$
$= \frac{{ - 2}}{{\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}$

and $\frac{{du}}{{dx}} = \frac{{ - 1}}{{\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}$
therefore,$\frac{{dx}}{{dv}} = \frac{{du/dx}}{{dv/dx}} = \frac{{ - 2/\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }}{{ - 1/\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} }} = 2$

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