CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    If\[y=\left( 1+\frac{1}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{2}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{3}{x} \right)......\left( 1+\frac{n}{x} \right)\] and\[x\ne 0\]then\[\frac{dy}{dx}\]when\[x=-1\]is:

    A)  \[n!\]                  

    B)         \[(n-1)!\]

    C)  \[{{(-1)}^{n}}(n-1)!\]    

    D)         \[{{(-1)}^{n}}n!\]

    E)  \[(n+1)!\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[y=\left( 1+\frac{1}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{2}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{3}{x} \right)....\left( 1+\frac{n}{x} \right)\] \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\left( -\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)\left( 1+\frac{2}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{3}{x} \right)....\left( 1+\frac{n}{x} \right)+\] \[\left( 1+\frac{1}{x} \right)\left( -\frac{2}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)\left( 1+\frac{3}{x} \right).......\left( 1+\frac{n}{x} \right)+\] \[.....+\left( 1+\frac{1}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{2}{x} \right)\left( 1+\frac{3}{x} \right).....\left( -\frac{n}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)\] \[\therefore \] \[{{\left. \frac{dy}{dx} \right|}_{x=-1}}=(-1)(-1)(-2)(-3).....(1-n)\]                 \[={{(-1)}^{n}}(1)(2)(3)....(n-1)\]                 \[={{(-1)}^{n}}(n-1)!\]


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