If $y=\sec \left(\tan ^{-1} x\right)$, then $\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}$ at $x=1$ is equal to

If $y=\sec \left(\tan ^{-1} x\right)$, then $\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}$ at $x=1$ is equal to
  1. $\frac{1}{2}$
  2. $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
  3. $\sqrt{2}$
  4. 1

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \begin{aligned} & y=\sec \left(\tan ^{-1} x\right) \\ & \therefore \quad \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}=\sec \left(\tan ^{-1} x\right) \tan \left(\tan ^{-1} x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1+x^2} \\ &=\sqrt{1+x^2} \cdot \frac{x}{1+x^2} \\ & \ldots\left[\because \tan ^{-1} x=\sec ^{-1} \sqrt{1+x^2}\right] \\ &=\frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^2}} \\ & \therefore \quad\left(\frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}\right)_{x=1}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+1^2}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\end{aligned} .\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (16 May Shift 1)

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