This page covers all 22 questions from the Class 12 Maths NCERT Solutions Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Exercise, solved step-by-step. Every exercise so far in this chapter (5.1–5.7) focused on one technique at a time — continuity in 5.1, the chain rule in 5.2, implicit differentiation in 5.3, and so on. The Miscellaneous Exercise is different by design: it drops that scaffolding and asks you to recognise which technique a question needs, on your own — and quite often, more than one technique in the same question.
That's exactly why this exercise matters so much for board prep. A question like Q11 needs logarithmic differentiation applied twice in one line; Q15 and Q22 need you to differentiate an implicit relation twice and then algebraically combine the results; Q16 mixes implicit differentiation with a trigonometric identity. Getting comfortable here means you're not just executing a memorised method — you're diagnosing the problem first, the way board papers actually test you.
u=3x^2-9x+5,\quad u'=6x-9
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=9u^8\cdot u'=9(6x-9)(3x^2-9x+5)^8
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=3\sin^2x\cos x+6\cos^5x\cdot(-\sin x)=3\sin^2x\cos x-6\sin x\cos^5x
=3\sin x\cos x\,(\sin x-2\cos^4x)
Let y=(5x)^{3\cos 2x}. Taking log: \log y = 3\cos 2x\,\log(5x)
\dfrac{1}{y}\dfrac{dy}{dx}=-6\sin 2x\,\log(5x)+\dfrac{3\cos 2x}{x}
x\sqrt{x}=x^{3/2}
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^3}}\cdot\dfrac{3}{2}x^{1/2}
u=\cos^{-1}\dfrac{x}{2},\qquad v=(2x+7)^{1/2}
u'=\dfrac{-1/2}{\sqrt{1-x^2/4}}=\dfrac{-1}{\sqrt{4-x^2}},\qquad v'=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2x+7}}
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{u'v-uv'}{v^2}=\dfrac{\dfrac{-\sqrt{2x+7}}{\sqrt{4-x^2}}-\dfrac{\cos^{-1}\frac{x}{2}}{\sqrt{2x+7}}}{2x+7}
Combine over the common denominator (2x+7)^{3/2}\sqrt{4-x^2}:
1+\sin x=\left(\sin\tfrac{x}{2}+\cos\tfrac{x}{2}\right)^2,\qquad 1-\sin x=\left(\cos\tfrac{x}{2}-\sin\tfrac{x}{2}\right)^2
For 0<x<\tfrac{\pi}{2}: numerator =2\cos\tfrac{x}{2}, denominator =2\sin\tfrac{x}{2}
y=\cot^{-1}\left(\cot\tfrac{x}{2}\right)=\tfrac{x}{2}\;\Rightarrow\;\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{2}
Let y=(\log x)^{\log x}. Taking log: \log y=\log x\cdot\log(\log x)
\dfrac{1}{y}\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{x}\log(\log x)+\dfrac{1}{x}=\dfrac{1}{x}\big[1+\log(\log x)\big]
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=-\sin(a\cos x+b\sin x)\cdot(-a\sin x+b\cos x)
Let t=\sin x-\cos x. \log y=t\log t
\dfrac{1}{y}\dfrac{dy}{dx}=(\cos x+\sin x)\big[1+\log t\big]
\dfrac{d}{dx}(x^x)=x^x(1+\log x) (log differentiation)
\dfrac{d}{dx}(x^a)=ax^{a-1},\qquad \dfrac{d}{dx}(a^x)=a^x\log a,\qquad \dfrac{d}{dx}(a^a)=0
u=x^{x^2-3}:\quad \log u=(x^2-3)\log x\;\Rightarrow\;u'=x^{x^2-3}\left[2x\log x+\dfrac{x^2-3}{x}\right]
v=(x-3)^{x^2}:\quad \log v=x^2\log(x-3)\;\Rightarrow\;v'=(x-3)^{x^2}\left[2x\log(x-3)+\dfrac{x^2}{x-3}\right]
\dfrac{dy}{dt}=12\sin t,\qquad \dfrac{dx}{dt}=10(1-\cos t)
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{12\sin t}{10(1-\cos t)}=\dfrac{6}{5}\cdot\dfrac{2\sin\frac{t}{2}\cos\frac{t}{2}}{2\sin^2\frac{t}{2}}=\dfrac{6}{5}\cot\dfrac{t}{2}
\dfrac{d}{dx}\sin^{-1}x=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}
With u=\sqrt{1-x^2}: 1-u^2=x^2\;\Rightarrow\;\sqrt{1-u^2}=x (since 0<x<1); u'=\dfrac{-x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}
\dfrac{d}{dx}\sin^{-1}u=\dfrac{1}{x}\cdot\dfrac{-x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}=\dfrac{-1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}=0
Given: x\sqrt{1+y}+y\sqrt{1+x}=0 …(1)
Rearrange (1): x\sqrt{1+y}=-y\sqrt{1+x}
Square both sides: x^2(1+y)=y^2(1+x)
(x^2-y^2)+(x^2y-xy^2)=0\;\Rightarrow\;(x-y)(x+y)+xy(x-y)=0\;\Rightarrow\;(x-y)(x+y+xy)=0
Since x\ne y: x+y+xy=0\;\Rightarrow\;y=\dfrac{-x}{1+x}
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{-(1+x)+x}{(1+x)^2}=\dfrac{-1}{(1+x)^2}
Given: (x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=c^2 …(1)
Differentiate (1) w.r.t. x: 2(x-a)+2(y-b)y'=0\;\Rightarrow\;(x-a)=-(y-b)y' …(2)
Differentiate (2) w.r.t. x (product rule on the right side): 1+(y')^2+(y-b)y''=0\;\Rightarrow\;(y-b)=\dfrac{-\big[1+(y')^2\big]}{y''} …(3)
Square (2): (x-a)^2=(y-b)^2(y')^2
Substitute into (1): (y-b)^2(y')^2+(y-b)^2=c^2\;\Rightarrow\;(y-b)^2\big[1+(y')^2\big]=c^2 …(4)
Square (3): (y-b)^2=\dfrac{\big[1+(y')^2\big]^2}{(y'')^2}
Substitute into (4): \dfrac{\big[1+(y')^2\big]^2}{(y'')^2}\big[1+(y')^2\big]=c^2\;\Rightarrow\;\big[1+(y')^2\big]^3=c^2(y'')^2
Given: \cos y=x\cos(a+y) …(1)
From (1): x=\dfrac{\cos y}{\cos(a+y)} …(2)
Differentiate (1) implicitly (product rule on the right side): -\sin y\cdot y'=\cos(a+y)-x\sin(a+y)\cdot y'
y'\big[x\sin(a+y)-\sin y\big]=\cos(a+y)
Substitute (2): x\sin(a+y)-\sin y=\dfrac{\cos y\sin(a+y)-\sin y\cos(a+y)}{\cos(a+y)}=\dfrac{\sin a}{\cos(a+y)}
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{\cos(a+y)}{\sin a/\cos(a+y)}=\dfrac{\cos^2(a+y)}{\sin a}
\dfrac{dx}{dt}=a\big[-\sin t+\sin t+t\cos t\big]=at\cos t
\dfrac{dy}{dt}=a\big[\cos t-\cos t+t\sin t\big]=at\sin t
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\tan t
\dfrac{d}{dt}(\tan t)=\sec^2t\;\Rightarrow\;\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}=\dfrac{\sec^2t}{at\cos t}=\dfrac{1}{at\cos^3t}
For x\ge0: f(x)=x^3\Rightarrow f'(x)=3x^2. For x<0: f(x)=-x^3\Rightarrow f'(x)=-3x^2
At x=0: f'(0)=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\dfrac{|h|^3}{h}=0 (both sides) \Rightarrow\;f'(x)=3x|x|
Differentiate again: for x\ge0, f''(x)=6x; for x<0, f''(x)=-6x
At x=0: f''(0)=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\dfrac{3h|h|}{h}=0
Differentiate both sides w.r.t. A (B constant): \dfrac{d}{dA}\sin(A+B)=\cos(A+B)
\dfrac{d}{dA}\big[\sin A\cos B+\cos A\sin B\big]=\cos A\cos B-\sin A\sin B
Yes: f(x)=|x|+|x-1| — continuous everywhere (sum of continuous functions).
x<0:\; f(x)=1-2x,\; f'=-2
0<x<1:\; f(x)=1,\; f'=0
x>1:\; f(x)=2x-1,\; f'=2
At x=0: LHD =-2, RHD =0 (differ). At x=1: LHD =0, RHD =2 (differ).
Expand along the first row (l, m, n, a, b, c constant): y=f(x)(mc-nb)-g(x)(lc-na)+h(x)(lb-ma)
\dfrac{dy}{dx}=f'(x)(mc-nb)-g'(x)(lc-na)+h'(x)(lb-ma)
Given: y=e^{a\cos^{-1}x} …(1)
Differentiate (1): y'=e^{a\cos^{-1}x}\cdot a\cdot\dfrac{-1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}=\dfrac{-ay}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} …(2)
Move the denominator of (2) to the left, then square both sides: \sqrt{1-x^2}\,y'=-ay\;\Rightarrow\;(1-x^2)(y')^2=a^2y^2 …(3)
Differentiate (3) w.r.t. x (product rule on the left side): -2x(y')^2+(1-x^2)\cdot2y'y''=2a^2yy'
Divide throughout by 2y': -xy'+(1-x^2)y''=a^2y
You've worked through all 137 questions in Chapter 5, Continuity and Differentiability — the Continuity and Differentiability Miscellaneous Exercise included. Head back to the chapter overview for the formula cheat-sheet and common-mistakes list, or continue straight on to Chapter 6: Application of Derivatives, which builds directly on everything you've just practised.
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