If $\sin \left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)=\tan \frac{\pi}{5}$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}=$

If $\sin \left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)=\tan \frac{\pi}{5}$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}=$
  1. $\frac{x}{y}$
  2. $\frac{y}{x}$
  3. $-\frac{y}{x}$
  4. $-\frac{x}{y}$

Solution

Given $\sin \left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)=\tan \frac{\pi}{5}$ $\therefore \frac{x+y}{x-y}=\sin ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\pi}{5}\right) \Rightarrow \frac{x+y}{x-y}=K \quad \ldots$ say ...(1) $\therefore x+y=K(x-y)$ $\quad 1+\frac{d y}{d x}=K\left(1-\frac{d y}{d x}\right) \Rightarrow 1+\frac{d y}{d x}=K-K \frac{d y}{d x}$ $(1+K) \frac{d y}{d x}=K-1 \Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{K-1}{K+1}$ $\begin{aligned} \frac{d y}{d x} &=\frac{\frac{x+y}{x-y}-1}{\frac{x+y}{x-y}+1} \quad[\ldots \text { From (1) }] \\ &=\frac{x+y-x+y}{x+y+x-y}=\frac{2 y}{2 x}=\frac{y}{x} \end{aligned}$ This problem can also be solved as follow: $\frac{x+y}{x-y}=\sin ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\pi}{5}\right)$ Differentiating w.r.t. $\mathrm{x}$, we get $\begin{aligned} & \frac{(x-y)\left(1+\frac{d y}{d x}\right)-(x+y)\left(1-\frac{d y}{d x}\right)}{(x-y)^{2}}=0 \\ \therefore &\left(x-y+x \frac{d y}{d x}-y \frac{d y}{d x}\right)-\left(x+y-x \frac{d y}{d x}-y \frac{d y}{d x}\right)=0 \\ \therefore &-2 y+2 x \frac{d y}{d x}=0 \Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{y}{x} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (12 Oct Shift 2)

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