If $y$ is a function of $x$ and $\log (x+y)=2 x y$, then the value of $y^{\prime}(0)$ is

If $y$ is a function of $x$ and $\log (x+y)=2 x y$, then the value of $y^{\prime}(0)$ is
  1. 1
  2. -1
  3. 2
  4. 0

Solution

$\log (x+y)=2 x y$ Differentiating w.r.t. $x$, we get $\begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{x+y}\left(1+\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}\right)=2 x \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}+2 y \\ & \frac{1}{x+y}+\frac{1}{(x+y)} \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}=2 x \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}+2 y \\ & \left(\frac{1}{x+y}-2 x\right) \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}=2 y-\frac{1}{x+y} \\ & \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}\left(\frac{1}{x+y}-2 x\right)=2 y-\frac{1}{x+y} \\ & \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}=\frac{\left(2 y-\frac{1}{x+y}\right)}{\left(\frac{1}{x+y}-2 x\right)} \\ & \text { For } x=0, \log (y)=0 \\ & \Rightarrow y=1 \\ & \left.\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}\right|_{(0,1)}=\frac{\left(2-\frac{1}{0+1}\right)}{\left(\frac{1}{0+1}-0\right)}=1 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (09 May Shift 2)

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