Question 13 Marks
If $y =\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+x^2}+\sqrt{1-x^2}}{\sqrt{1+x^2}-\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right), x^2 \leq 1$, then find $\frac{d y}{d x}$.
Answer
View full question & answer→Given, $y =\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+ x ^2}+\sqrt{1-x^2}}{\sqrt{1+x^2}-\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right)$
Put $x^2=\sin \theta \Rightarrow \theta=\sin ^{-1} x^2$
$\therefore \quad y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+\sin \theta}+\sqrt{1-\sin \theta}}{\sqrt{1+\sin \theta}-\sqrt{1-\sin \theta}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}-2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}}{\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}-\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}-2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}+\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}}{\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}-\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)+\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)}{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)-\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}{2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\cot \frac{\theta}{2}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\theta}{2}\right)\right)$
$=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\theta}{2}$
$\Rightarrow y=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{1}{2} \sin ^{-1} x^2$
Therefore, on differentiating both sides $w.r.t\ x ,$ we get,
$\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\left(x^2\right)^2}}(2 x)$
$=\frac{-x}{\sqrt{1-x^4}}$
Put $x^2=\sin \theta \Rightarrow \theta=\sin ^{-1} x^2$
$\therefore \quad y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+\sin \theta}+\sqrt{1-\sin \theta}}{\sqrt{1+\sin \theta}-\sqrt{1-\sin \theta}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}-2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}}{\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}-\sqrt{\cos ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}-2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2} \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}+\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}}{\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}-\sqrt{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)+\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)}{\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}+\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)-\left(\cos \frac{\theta}{2}-\sin \frac{\theta}{2}\right)}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \cos \frac{\theta}{2}}{2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2}}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\cot \frac{\theta}{2}\right)$
$=\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\theta}{2}\right)\right)$
$=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\theta}{2}$
$\Rightarrow y=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{1}{2} \sin ^{-1} x^2$
Therefore, on differentiating both sides $w.r.t\ x ,$ we get,
$\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\left(x^2\right)^2}}(2 x)$
$=\frac{-x}{\sqrt{1-x^4}}$

