If $x^{2}+y^{2}=t+\frac{1}{t}, x^{4}+y^{4}=t^{2}+\frac{1}{t^{2}}$ then $\frac{d y}{d x}=$

If $x^{2}+y^{2}=t+\frac{1}{t}, x^{4}+y^{4}=t^{2}+\frac{1}{t^{2}}$ then $\frac{d y}{d x}=$
  1. $-\frac{y}{x}$
  2. $\frac{y}{x}$
  3. $\frac{x}{2 y}$
  4. $-\frac{x}{2 y}$

Solution

We have, $x^{2}+y^{2}=t+\frac{1}{t} \cdots$ (1) $\quad$ and $\quad x^{4}+y^{4}=t^{2}+\frac{1}{t^{2}}$...(2) Squaring (1), we get $\begin{array}{l} x^{4}+y^{4}+2 x^{2} y^{2}=t^{2}+\frac{1}{t^{2}}+2 \Rightarrow x^{4}+y^{4}+2 x^{2} y^{2}=x^{4}+y^{4}+2 \text {..(from (2)) } \\ \therefore x^{2} y^{2}=1 \end{array}$ Differentiating w.r.t. $x$, we get $\begin{aligned} & x^{2}\left(2 y \frac{d y}{d x}\right)+y^{2}(2 x)=0 \\ \therefore & \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{-2 x y^{2}}{2 x^{2} y}=\frac{-y}{x} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (19 Oct Shift 1)

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