Q95 / 180 · KCET 2022 · Mathematics

If $y=x^{\sin x}+(\sin x)^x$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}$ at $x=\frac{\pi}{2}$ is

  • A
    $\frac{4}{\pi}$
  • B
    $\pi \log \frac{\pi}{2}$
  • Correct answer
    C
    1
  • D
    $\frac{\pi^2}{2}$

Solution

Given, $y=x^{\sin x}+(\sin x)^x$ Let $u=x^{\sin x}$ and $v=(\sin x)^x$ Now, $u=x^{\sin x}, \log u=\sin x \log x$ Differentiating w.r.t. $x$, we get $$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{u} \cdot \frac{d u}{d x}=\sin x \cdot \frac{1}{x}+\log x \times \cos x \\ & \frac{d u}{d x}=u\left(\frac{\sin x}{x}+\cos x \log x\right) \\ & \frac{d u}{d x}=x^{\sin x}\left(\frac{\sin x}{x}+\cos x \log x\right) \end{aligned} $$ Now, $v=(\sin x)^x \Rightarrow \log v=x \log (\sin x)$ Differentiating w.r.t. $x$, we get $$ \frac{1}{v} \frac{d v}{d x}=x \frac{\cos x}{\sin x}+\log (\sin x) $$ $\begin{aligned} & \frac{d v}{d x}=v(x \cot x+\log \sin x) \\ & \frac{d v}{d x}=(\sin x)^x(x \cot x+\log \sin x)\end{aligned}$ Adding Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get $$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{d u}{d x}+\frac{d v}{d x}=x^{\sin x}\left(\frac{\sin x}{x}+\right.+\cos x \log x) \\ &+(\sin x)^x(x \cot x+\log \sin x) \\ & \frac{d y}{d x}=x^{\sin x}\left(\frac{\sin x}{x}+\cos x \log x\right) \\ &++(\sin x)^x(x \cot x+\log \sin x) \end{aligned} $$ At $x=\frac{\pi}{2}$ $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{d y}{d x} & =\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\left(\frac{1}{\pi / 2}+0 \log \frac{\pi}{2}\right)+(1)^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 0+\log (1)\right) \\ \frac{d y}{d x} & =\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\left(\frac{2}{\pi}+0\right)+1 \cdot(0+0)=1 \end{aligned} $$

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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