JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Derivative at a point Standard Differentiation

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    If \[f(x)=\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}({{x}^{2}})}\], then \[f'\left( \frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2} \right)\] is   [Orissa JEE 2004]

    A)            \[\sqrt{\pi }/6\]

    B)            \[-\,\sqrt{(\pi /6)}\]

    C)            \[1/\sqrt{6}\]

    D)            \[\pi /\sqrt{6}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               \[f(x)=\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}({{x}^{2}})}\]                    \[f'(x)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}{{(x)}^{2}}}}.(2\cos {{x}^{2}}).(-\sin {{x}^{2}}).(2x)\]                    \[f'(x)=\frac{-x\sin 2{{x}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}({{x}^{2}})}}\]                    At \[x=\frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2},f'\left( \frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2} \right)=\frac{-\frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2}.\sin \frac{2\pi }{4}}{\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}\frac{\pi }{4}}}=\frac{-\frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2}.1}{\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}}\]                    \ \[f'\left( \frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2} \right)=-\sqrt{\frac{\pi }{6}}\].


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