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Ex 5.3 Class 12 Maths NCERT Solutions

Class 12 Maths NCERT Solutions Chapter 5 Ex 5.3 – Implicit and Inverse Trig Differentiation

This Class 12 Maths NCERT Solutions Chapter 5 Ex 5.3 page covers all 15 questions, solved step-by-step — implicit differentiation on equations not solved for y, and the trig-substitution trick for differentiating inverse trigonometric functions.

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Class 12 Maths NCERT Solutions Chapter 5 Ex 5.3 — All 15 Questions

1

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if 2x+3y=\sin x.

Easy +
Solution

Differentiate both sides with respect to x: 2+3\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\cos x.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{\cos x-2}{3}
2

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if 2x+3y=\sin y.

Medium +
Solution

Differentiate both sides, applying the chain rule to \sin y: 2+3\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\cos y\dfrac{dy}{dx}.

Collect the \dfrac{dy}{dx} terms: \dfrac{dy}{dx}(3-\cos y)=-2.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{2}{\cos y-3}
3

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if ax+by^2=\cos y.

Medium +
Solution

Differentiate both sides: a+2by\dfrac{dy}{dx}=-\sin y\dfrac{dy}{dx}.

Collect terms: \dfrac{dy}{dx}(2by+\sin y)=-a.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-a}{2by+\sin y}
4

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if xy+y^2=\tan x+y.

Hard +
Solution

Differentiate xy with the product rule and y^2 with the chain rule: \left(y+x\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)+2y\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\sec^2x+\dfrac{dy}{dx}.

Collect the \dfrac{dy}{dx} terms: \dfrac{dy}{dx}(x+2y-1)=\sec^2x-y.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{\sec^2x-y}{x+2y-1}
5

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if x^2+xy+y^2=100.

Medium +
Solution

Differentiate each term: 2x+\left(y+x\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)+2y\dfrac{dy}{dx}=0.

Collect the \dfrac{dy}{dx} terms: \dfrac{dy}{dx}(x+2y)=-(2x+y).

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-(2x+y)}{x+2y}
6

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if x^3+x^2y+xy^2+y^3=81.

Hard +
Solution

Differentiate each term using the product rule on x^2y and xy^2: 3x^2+\left(2xy+x^2\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)+\left(y^2+2xy\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)+3y^2\dfrac{dy}{dx}=0.

Collect the \dfrac{dy}{dx} terms: \dfrac{dy}{dx}(x^2+2xy+3y^2)=-(3x^2+2xy+y^2).

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-(3x^2+2xy+y^2)}{x^2+2xy+3y^2}
7

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if \sin^2y+\cos(xy)=\kappa (a constant).

Hard +
Solution

Differentiate \sin^2y by the chain rule and \cos(xy) by the chain rule combined with the product rule on xy: 2\sin y\cos y\dfrac{dy}{dx}-\sin(xy)\left(y+x\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)=0.

Collect the \dfrac{dy}{dx} terms: \dfrac{dy}{dx}\big(2\sin y\cos y-x\sin(xy)\big)=y\sin(xy).

Using the double-angle identity 2\sin y\cos y=\sin2y, this simplifies to \dfrac{dy}{dx}\big(\sin2y-x\sin(xy)\big)=y\sin(xy).

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{y\sin(xy)}{\sin2y-x\sin(xy)}
8

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if \sin^2x+\cos^2y=1.

Medium +
Solution

Differentiate both terms by the chain rule: 2\sin x\cos x+2\cos y(-\sin y)\dfrac{dy}{dx}=0.

Using the double-angle identities 2\sin x\cos x=\sin2x and 2\sin y\cos y=\sin2y: \sin2x-\sin2y\cdot\dfrac{dy}{dx}=0.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{\sin2x}{\sin2y}
9

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\sin^{-1}\left(\dfrac{2x}{1+x^2}\right).

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\tan\theta, so \theta=\tan^{-1}x. Then \dfrac{2x}{1+x^2}=\dfrac{2\tan\theta}{1+\tan^2\theta}=\sin2\theta (double-angle identity).

So y=\sin^{-1}(\sin2\theta)=2\theta=2\tan^{-1}x.

Differentiate: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=2\cdot\dfrac{1}{1+x^2}.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{2}{1+x^2}
10

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\tan^{-1}\left(\dfrac{3x-x^3}{1-3x^2}\right), -\dfrac{1}{\sqrt3} \lt x \lt \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}.

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\tan\theta, so \theta=\tan^{-1}x. Then \dfrac{3x-x^3}{1-3x^2}=\dfrac{3\tan\theta-\tan^3\theta}{1-3\tan^2\theta}=\tan3\theta (triple-angle identity).

So y=\tan^{-1}(\tan3\theta)=3\theta=3\tan^{-1}x.

Differentiate: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=3\cdot\dfrac{1}{1+x^2}.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{3}{1+x^2}
11

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{1-x^2}{1+x^2}\right), 0 \lt x \lt 1.

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\tan\theta, so \theta=\tan^{-1}x. Then \dfrac{1-x^2}{1+x^2}=\dfrac{1-\tan^2\theta}{1+\tan^2\theta}=\cos2\theta.

So y=\cos^{-1}(\cos2\theta)=2\theta=2\tan^{-1}x.

Differentiate: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=2\cdot\dfrac{1}{1+x^2}.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{2}{1+x^2}
12

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\sin^{-1}\left(\dfrac{1-x^2}{1+x^2}\right), 0 \lt x \lt 1.

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\tan\theta. Then \dfrac{1-x^2}{1+x^2}=\cos2\theta=\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\theta\right).

So y=\sin^{-1}\left[\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\theta\right)\right]=\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\theta=\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\tan^{-1}x.

Differentiate (the constant \pi/2 vanishes): \dfrac{dy}{dx}=-2\cdot\dfrac{1}{1+x^2}.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-2}{1+x^2}
13

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{2x}{1+x^2}\right), -1 \lt x \lt 1.

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\tan\theta. Then \dfrac{2x}{1+x^2}=\sin2\theta=\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\theta\right).

So y=\cos^{-1}\left[\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\theta\right)\right]=\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\theta=\dfrac{\pi}{2}-2\tan^{-1}x.

Differentiate: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=-2\cdot\dfrac{1}{1+x^2}.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-2}{1+x^2}
14

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\sin^{-1}\left(2x\sqrt{1-x^2}\right), -\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2} \lt x \lt \dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}.

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\sin\theta, so \theta=\sin^{-1}x. Then 2x\sqrt{1-x^2}=2\sin\theta\cos\theta=\sin2\theta.

So y=\sin^{-1}(\sin2\theta)=2\theta=2\sin^{-1}x.

Differentiate: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=2\cdot\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}.

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{2}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}
15

Find \dfrac{dy}{dx} if y=\sec^{-1}\left(\dfrac{1}{2x^2-1}\right), 0 \lt x \lt \dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}.

Hard +
Solution

Substitute x=\cos\theta, so \theta=\cos^{-1}x. Then 2x^2-1=2\cos^2\theta-1=\cos2\theta, so \dfrac{1}{2x^2-1}=\dfrac{1}{\cos2\theta}=\sec2\theta.

So y=\sec^{-1}(\sec2\theta)=2\theta=2\cos^{-1}x.

Differentiate: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=2\cdot\left(\dfrac{-1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right).

Answer: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-2}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}

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Common Questions

FAQs — Class 12 Maths NCERT Solutions Chapter 5 Ex 5.3

How many questions are there in Exercise 5.3?

Exercise 5.3 has 15 questions — the first 8 use implicit differentiation on equations that aren't solved for y, and the last 7 find derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions using trig substitutions like x = tan θ.

What is implicit differentiation?

It's differentiating both sides of an equation with respect to x even when y isn't isolated on one side, treating y as a function of x and applying the chain rule to every term containing y — this produces terms with dy/dx, which you then collect and solve for.

Where can I find the official NCERT textbook for this exercise?

Exercise 5.3 is from Chapter 5, Continuity and Differentiability, in the NCERT Class 12 Mathematics textbook (Part I), published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and prescribed by CBSE. You can download the official textbook PDF directly from ncert.nic.in, NCERT's official website — the solutions on this page follow the questions exactly as they appear there.

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