Question
If $\text{y}=\frac{\text{e}^\text{x}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}{\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}},$ prove that $\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}=1-\text{y}^2$

Answer

Givne, $\text{y}=\frac{\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}{\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}$
Differentiate with respect to x,
$\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}=\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\Big(\frac{\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}{\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}\Big)$
$=\Bigg[\frac{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)}{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)^2}\Bigg]$
[Using quotient rule and chain rule]
$=\begin{bmatrix} \frac{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)\Big[\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}(-\text{x})-\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)\Big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}(-\text{x})\Big)\Big]}{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)^2} \end{bmatrix}$
$=\begin{bmatrix} \frac{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)-\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)}{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)^2} \end{bmatrix}$
$=\bigg[\frac{\text{e}^{2\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-2\text{x}}+2\text{e}^{\text{x}}\times\text{e}^{-\text{x}}-\text{e}^{2\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-2\text{x}}+2\text{e}^{\text{x}}\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}{\big(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}\big)^2}\bigg]$
$\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\bigg[\frac{4}{(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2}\bigg]\ .....(\text{i})$
Now,
$1-\text{y}^2=1-\Big(\frac{\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}{\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}}}\Big)^2$
$=1-\frac{(\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2}{(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2}$
$=\frac{(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2-(\text{e}^{\text{x}}-\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2}{(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2}$
$=\frac{4}{(\text{e}^{\text{x}}+\text{e}^{-\text{x}})^2}$

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