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NCERT Exemplar · Q47

Q.Find dydx\dfrac{dy}{dx} of the function expressed in parametric form: sin⁡x=2t1+t2, tan⁡y=2t1−t2\sin x = \dfrac{2t}{1 + t^2},\ \tan y = \dfrac{2t}{1 - t^2}.

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Both parametrisations reduce to 2tan⁡−1t2\tan^{-1}t: x=2tan⁡−1tx=2\tan^{-1}t and y=2tan⁡−1ty=2\tan^{-1}t, so x=yx=y and dydx=1\frac{dy}{dx}=1.

The idea

The expressions 2t1+t2\frac{2t}{1+t^2} and 2t1−t2\frac{2t}{1-t^2} are the tangent double-angle building blocks. Spotting them turns a messy quotient-rule problem into one line, and the same answer also drops out of the plain parametric method.

Method 1 — recognise the identity

Let t=tan⁡ϕt=\tan\phi. Then

sin⁡2ϕ=2t1+t2,tan⁡2ϕ=2t1−t2.\sin 2\phi=\frac{2t}{1+t^2},\qquad \tan 2\phi=\frac{2t}{1-t^2}.

So sin⁡x=sin⁡2ϕ⇒x=2ϕ=2tan⁡−1t\sin x=\sin 2\phi\Rightarrow x=2\phi=2\tan^{-1}t, and tan⁡y=tan⁡2ϕ⇒y=2ϕ=2tan⁡−1t\tan y=\tan 2\phi\Rightarrow y=2\phi=2\tan^{-1}t (principal values). Hence x=yx=y and dydx=1\dfrac{dy}{dx}=1.

Method 2 — differentiate through tt

Differentiate each relation with respect to tt:

cos⁡x dxdt=2(1−t2)(1+t2)2,sec⁡2y dydt=2(1+t2)(1−t2)2.\cos x\,\frac{dx}{dt}=\frac{2(1-t^2)}{(1+t^2)^2},\qquad \sec^2 y\,\frac{dy}{dt}=\frac{2(1+t^2)}{(1-t^2)^2}. …

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