If $\mathrm{x}=\mathrm{a}\left(\mathrm{t}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}}\right)$ and…

If $\mathrm{x}=\mathrm{a}\left(\mathrm{t}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}}\right)$ and $\mathrm{y}=\mathrm{b}\left(\mathrm{t}+\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}}\right)$, then $\frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}=$
  1. $\frac{a^2 x}{b^2 y}$
  2. $\frac{a^2 y}{b^2 x}$
  3. $\frac{-b^2 x}{a^2 y}$
  4. $\frac{b^2 x}{a^2 y}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{x}=\mathrm{a}\left(\mathrm{t}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}}\right) \text { and } \mathrm{y}=\mathrm{b}\left(\mathrm{t}+\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}}\right) \\ & \therefore \frac{\mathrm{dx}}{\mathrm{dt}}=\mathrm{a}\left(1+\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}^2}\right) \text { and } \frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dt}}=\mathrm{b}\left(1-\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}^2}\right) \\ & \therefore \frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}=\frac{\mathrm{b}\left(1-\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}^2}\right)}{\mathrm{a}\left(1+\frac{1}{\mathrm{t}^2}\right)}=\left(\frac{\mathrm{b}}{\mathrm{a}}\right)\left(\frac{\mathrm{t}^2-1}{\mathrm{t}^2+1}\right) \end{aligned}$ Now $\mathrm{x}=\mathrm{a}\left(\frac{\mathrm{t}^2-1}{\mathrm{t}}\right)$ and $\mathrm{y}=\mathrm{b}\left(\frac{\mathrm{t}^2+1}{\mathrm{t}}\right)$ ...[From (1)] $\therefore\left(\mathrm{t}^2-1\right)=\left(\frac{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{a}}\right) \mathrm{t} \text { and }\left(\mathrm{t}^2+1\right)=\left(\frac{\mathrm{y}}{\mathrm{b}}\right)(\mathrm{t})$ $\therefore$ Eq. (2) becomes $\frac{d y}{d x}=\left(\frac{b}{a}\right)\left(\frac{x}{a}\right)(t) \times \frac{1}{\left(\frac{y}{b}\right) \times t}=\frac{b^2 x}{a^2 y}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (23 Sep Shift 2)

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