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Slope of the tangent to the curve $y=2 \mathrm{e}^x \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{x}{2}\right) \cos…
Slope of the tangent to the curve $y=2 \mathrm{e}^x \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{x}{2}\right) \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{x}{2}\right)$ where $0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi$ is minimum at $x=$
0 $\pi$ $2 \pi$ 1
Solution
$y=2 \mathrm{e}^x \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{x}{2}\right) \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{x}{2}\right)$
$\begin{aligned} & =\mathrm{e}^x \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) \ldots[2 \sin \theta \cos \theta=\sin 2 \theta] \\ & =\mathrm{e}^x \cos x\end{aligned}$
$\therefore \quad \frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{~d} x}=\mathrm{e}^x(\cos x-\sin x)$
Let $\mathrm{T}=\mathrm{e}^x(\cos x-\sin x)$
$\therefore \quad \frac{\mathrm{dT}}{\mathrm{d} x}=\mathrm{e}^x(\cos x-\sin x)+\mathrm{e}^x(-\sin x-\cos x)$
$=-2 \mathrm{e}^x \sin x$
Now, $\frac{\mathrm{dT}}{\mathrm{d} x}=0$
$\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow-2 \mathrm{e}^x \sin x=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \sin x=0\end{aligned}$
$\Rightarrow x=0, \pi, 2 \pi \quad \ldots[\because 0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi]$
At $x=0, \mathrm{~T}=\mathrm{e}^0(\cos 0-\sin 0)=1$
At $x=\pi, \mathrm{T}=\mathrm{e}^\pi(\cos \pi-\sin \pi)=-\mathrm{e}^\pi$
At $x=2 \pi, \mathrm{T}=\mathrm{e}^{2 \pi}(\cos 2 \pi-\sin 2 \pi)=\mathrm{e}^{2 \pi}$
$\therefore \quad$ Slope of the tangent is minimum at $x=\pi$
Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (13 May Shift 2)
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