If $y=\frac{\sin x}{1+\frac{\cos x}{1+\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}}}$, then $\frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}$ is…

If $y=\frac{\sin x}{1+\frac{\cos x}{1+\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}}}$, then $\frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}$ is given by
  1. $\frac{y \sin x+(1+y) \cos x}{1+2 y+\cos x-\sin x}$
  2. $\frac{y \cos x+(1+y) \sin x}{1+2 y+\cos x-\sin x}$
  3. $\frac{y \sin x-(1+y) \cos x}{1+2 y+\cos x-\sin x}$
  4. $\frac{y \cos x-(1+y) \sin x}{1+2 y+\cos x-\sin x}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & y=\frac{\sin x}{1+\frac{\cos x}{1+\frac{\sin x}{1+\frac{\cos x}{\ldots \ldots}}}} \\ & y=\frac{\sin x}{1+\frac{\cos x}{1+y}}\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & y=\frac{(1+y) \sin x}{(1+y)+\cos x} \\ & \dot{y}((1+y)+\cos x)=(1+y) \sin x \\ & y+y^2+y \cos x=\sin x+\sin x \cdot y \end{aligned}$ Differentiating w.r.to $x$, we get $\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}+2 y \frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}+y(-\sin x)+\cos x \cdot \frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}$ $=\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x} \sin x+(1+y) \cos x$ $\begin{aligned} & \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}+2 y \frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}-y \sin x+\cos x \frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x} \\ & =\sin x \frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}+(1+y) \cos x \\ & \frac{\mathrm{~d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}(1+2 y+\cos x-\sin x)\end{aligned}$ $=\cos x+y \cos x+y \sin x$ $\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}=\frac{y \sin x+(1+y) \cos x}{1+2 y+\cos x-\sin x}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (10 May Shift 1)

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