MU QUESTIONS SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENTIATION

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1. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of (𝑥−1)(𝑥−2)(𝑥−3) (MU 1996)
𝑥 2 +4𝑥+1
2. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of (MU 1984)
𝑥 3 +2𝑥 2 −𝑥−2
𝑥2
3. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of (𝑥−1)(2𝑥+3) , (MU 1993,95,06)
𝑥3
4. Prove that the value of 𝑛𝑡ℎ differential coefficient of 𝑥2 −1 for 𝑥 = 0 is 0 if 𝑛 is even and −𝑛! if 𝑛 is odd

and greater than 1 (MU 1995, 2002, 03)

𝑥
5. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of 1−4𝑥2 (MU 1993)
1
6. If 𝑦 = 1+𝑥+𝑥2 +𝑥3, find 𝑦𝑛 (MU 1997 , 2009)
𝑥 2 +4
7. If 𝑦 = (𝑥−1)2(2𝑥+3), find 𝑦𝑛 (MU 1992 , 2012)
8𝑥
8. If 𝑦 = , find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 2007, 09)
𝑥 3 −2𝑥 2 −4𝑥+8
4𝑥
9. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of (𝑥−1)2 (𝑥+1) (MU 1983, 2002 , 04)
1
10. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of (3𝑥−2)(𝑥−3)2 (MU 1995)
𝑥−1 𝑥−𝑛 𝑥+𝑛
11. If 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥+1), prove that 𝑦𝑛 = (−1)𝑛−2 (𝑛 − 2)! [(𝑥−𝑛)𝑛 − (𝑥+1)𝑛] (MU 1999)

12. If 𝑦 = sin 𝑟𝑥 + cos 𝑟𝑥, prove that 𝑦𝑛 = 𝑟 𝑛 [1 + (−1)𝑛 sin 2𝑟𝑥 ]1/2 (MU 2004,07)
13. If 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 2002)
14. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of 𝑒 5𝑥 cos 𝑥 cos 3𝑥 (MU 1983 , 2007)
15. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ derivative of 𝑒 𝑥 cos 2𝑥 cos 𝑥 (MU 1981 , 2002)
16. If 𝑦 = 2𝑥 cos 9𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 2009)
17. If 𝑦 = 2𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 1996 , 2009 , 12)
𝑥 (−1)𝑛 .𝑛! 𝑎
18. If 𝑦 = 𝑥2 +𝑎2, prove that 𝑦𝑛 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛+1 𝜃 cos(𝑛 + 1)𝜃 where 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥) , (MU 2007)
𝑎𝑛+1

19. If 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 1998)

1+𝑥
20. If 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (1−𝑥), prove that 𝑦𝑛 = (−1)𝑛−1 . (𝑛 − 1)! 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝜃 sin 𝑛𝜃 where 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 (1/𝑥 ),

(MU 1995, 2001, 03,04,05)

𝑥−𝑥 1
21. If 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (𝑥+𝑥−1 ), prove that 𝑦𝑛 = 2(−1)𝑛−1 . (𝑛 − 1)! 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝜃 sin 𝑛𝜃 where 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 (1/𝑥 ) ,

(MU 2004)
22. Expand 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 9𝑥 in cosines of multiples of 𝑥 and then find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 2008)
23. If 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 7 𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 1996)
24. If 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛5 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 , (MU 2000)
 MU QUESTIONS SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENTIATION
𝑡ℎ
25. Find 𝑛 derivative of 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 sin 𝑥 , (MU 1994)
26. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 𝑒 2𝑥 , prove that at 𝑥 = 0 𝑦𝑛 = 2𝑛−2 . 𝑛(𝑛 − 1) (MU 2004)
𝑛!
27. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑛 log 𝑥, prove that 𝑦𝑛+1 = (MU 2003 , 04, 08)
𝑥
log 𝑥 5! 1 1 1 1
28. If 𝑦 = prove that 𝑦5 = 𝑥6 [1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 − log 𝑥] (MU 2010)
𝑥
(−1)𝑛−2 (𝑛−2)!(𝑥+𝑛)
29. If 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 + 1), prove that 𝑦𝑛 = (𝑥+1)𝑛
(MU 1991)
𝑛𝜋 𝑛𝜋
30. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 sin 𝑥, prove that 𝑦𝑛 = (𝑥 2 − 𝑛2 + 𝑛) sin (𝑥 + ) − 2𝑛𝑥 cos (𝑥 + ) (MU 1998 )
2 2

31. 1. If 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1𝑥, prove that (1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 2010)
32. If 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥, prove that (1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0 Also find
𝑦9 (0) and 𝑦10(0) (MU 2003)
33. If 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ−1 𝑥, prove that
(1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1987)
𝑎+𝑥
34. If 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 [𝑎−𝑥], prove that

(𝑎2 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 + 2(𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + 𝑛(𝑛 + 1)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1998,2002)

35. If 𝑦 = (𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 )2 , prove that
(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1988,1997)
36. If 𝑦 = (𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 )2 , prove that 𝑦𝑛 (0) = 0 if n is odd and
𝑦𝑛 (0) = 2. 22 . 42 . 52 … (𝑛 − 2)2 If 𝑛 ≠ 2 and 𝑛 is even (MU 2012)
37. If 𝑦 = (𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 )2 , then prove that 𝑦2𝑛+1 (0) = 0 and 𝑦2𝑛 (0) = 22𝑛−1 [(𝑛 − 1)!]2 (MU 1993)
38. If 𝑦 = (1 − 𝑥 2 )1/2𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥, prove that
(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+1 − (2𝑛 − 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛 − 𝑛(𝑛 − 2)𝑦𝑛−1 = 0 (MU 1995)
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1𝑥
39. If 𝑦 = , prove that
√1−𝑥 2

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+1 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛 − 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛−1 = 0 (MU 1994 , 2009)

−1 𝑥
40. If 𝑥 = tan log 𝑦 (𝑜𝑟 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑛 ), prove that (1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+1 + (2𝑛𝑥 − 1)𝑦𝑛 + 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)𝑦𝑛−1 = 0
(MU 1983,2001)
−1 𝑥
41. If log 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥, (𝑜𝑟 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑛 ), prove that

(1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 + [(2(𝑛 + 1)𝑥 − 1]𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑛2 + 𝑛)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1999)

−1 𝑥 1
42. If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑛 or 𝑥 = sin (𝑚 log 𝑦) , prove that

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛2 + 𝑚2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1982, 86 , 94 , 2004)

 MU QUESTIONS SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENTIATION
−1 𝑥
43. If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛 , prove that
𝑦2𝑚 (0) = 𝑎(𝑎2 + 22 )(𝑎2 + 42 )(𝑎2 + 62 ) … … [𝑎2 + (2𝑚 − 2)2 ]
𝑦2𝑚+1 (0) = (𝑎2 + 12 )(𝑎2 + 32 )(𝑎2 + 52 ) … … [𝑎2 + (2𝑚 − 1)2 ] (MU 1985)
−1 𝑥 1
44. If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑚𝑐𝑜𝑠 or 𝑥 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 [𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑦 𝑚 )], prove that

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛2 + 𝑚2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1995)

1
45. If 𝑥 = cosh (𝑚 log 𝑦) , prove that

(𝑥 2 − 1)𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑛2 − 𝑚2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1993)

46. If 𝑦 = cos(𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 ) [𝑜𝑟 𝑦 = sin(𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 )],
prove that (1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑚2 − 𝑛2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 2008 , 09)
47. If 𝑦 = sin(𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 ) or if 𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑦, prove that

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑚2 − 𝑛2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 2000, 02, 04, 05)

Hence, deduce that 𝑦𝑛 (0) = (𝑛2 − 𝑚2 ) … … (32 − 𝑚2 )(12 − 𝑚2 )𝑚 if n is odd

48. If 𝑥 = sin 𝜃 , 𝑦 = sin 2𝜃, prove that

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛2 − 4)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 2003)
49. If 𝑦 = sin log(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1), prove that
(1 + 𝑥 )2 𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)(𝑥 + 1)𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑛2 + 4)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1992 , 01 , 12)
50. If 𝑦 = cos log(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1), prove that
(𝑥 − 1)2 𝑦𝑛+2 (2𝑛 + 1)(𝑥 − 1)𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑛2 + 4)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1987 , 92)
51. If 𝑦 = 𝑎 cos(log 𝑥 ) + 𝑏 sin(log 𝑥 ), then show that 𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑛2 + 1)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1996,
2002,04,05)
𝑦 𝑥 𝑛
52. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (𝑏 ) = log (𝑛) , prove that

𝑥 2 𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + 2𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1986, 90, 2011)

53. If 𝑦 1/𝑚 + 𝑦 −1/𝑚 = 2𝑥, prove that

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + (𝑛2 − 𝑚2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 2007 ,10)
1+𝑥
54. If 𝑦 = √( ), prove that 𝑦 = (1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦1 and hence, prove that
1−𝑥

(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛 + [2(𝑛 − 1)𝑥 + 1]𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛 − 1)(𝑛 − 2)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1983, 2004,06)

55. If 𝑦 = (𝑥 2 − 1)𝑛 , prove that (𝑥 2 − 1)𝑦𝑛+2 + 2𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛2 + 𝑛)𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1987, 86)
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𝑦1 𝑦2 𝑦3 𝑦𝑛
56. If 𝑦 = (𝑥 − 1)𝑛 , prove that 𝑦 + + + +⋯+ = 𝑥𝑛 (MU 2002)
1! 2! 3! 𝑛!
𝑚
57. If 𝑦 = (𝑥 + √𝑎2 + 𝑥 2 ) , prove that 𝑎2 𝑦𝑛+2 + (𝑛2 − 𝑚2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 0 (MU 1992)
58. If (𝑥 + 𝑦) = 1, prove that
𝑑𝑛 2 2
(𝑥 𝑛 𝑦 𝑛 ) = 𝑛! [𝑦 𝑛 − (𝑛𝐶1 ) 𝑦 𝑛−1 . 𝑥 + (𝑛𝐶2 ) 𝑦 𝑛−2 𝑥 2 − ⋯ + (−1)𝑛 𝑥 𝑛 ] (MU 2006)
𝑑𝑥 𝑛
log 𝑥 (−1)𝑛 .𝑛! 1 1 1
59. If 𝑦 = , prove that [log 𝑥 − 1 − − … … − ] (MU 1991 , 96)
𝑥 𝑥 𝑛+1 2 3 𝑛
2
60. If 𝑦 = log(𝑥 + √𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 ) , prove that
(𝑎2 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 + 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0 (MU 1998)
2
61. If 𝑦 = [𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 + √𝑥 2 + 1)] , prove that 𝑦𝑛+2 (0) = −𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 (0) (MU 1997)

62. If 𝑦 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 + √𝑥 2 + 1), prove that

𝑦2𝑛 (0) = 0 and 𝑦2𝑛+1 (0) = (−1)𝑛 . 12 . 32 . 52 … (2𝑛 − 1)2 (MU 2002)
63. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑛 log 𝑥, prove that 𝑥 2 𝑦2 − (2𝑛 − 1)𝑥𝑦1 + 𝑛2 𝑦 = 0

And deduce that 𝑥 2 𝑦𝑝+2 − (2𝑝 − 2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑝+1 + (𝑝 − 𝑛)2 𝑦𝑝 = 0 (MU 1984,88)

1
64. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑛−1 . 𝑒 𝑥 , prove that 𝑦𝑛 = (−1)𝑛 𝑥 −(𝑛+1) . 𝑒 1/𝑥 (MU 1994)

65. If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 𝑥 𝑘 , prove that (𝑦1 − 𝑦)𝑥 = 𝑘𝑦 and 𝑥𝑦𝑛+2 + (𝑛 + 1 − 𝑘 − 𝑥 )𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛 + 1)𝑦𝑛 = 0

𝑑𝑛
Further show that if 𝑌 = 𝑑𝑥𝑛 (𝑥 𝑛+1 𝑒 𝑥 ) then 𝑥 (𝑌2 − 𝑌1 ) = (𝑛 + 1)𝑌 (MU 1984)

𝑛𝜋
66. If 𝑦 = cot 𝑥, prove that 𝑛𝐶1 𝑦𝑛−1 (0) − 𝑛𝐶3 𝑦𝑛−3 (0) + 𝑛𝐶5 𝑦𝑛−5 (0) − ⋯ = cos (MU 1996)
2
𝑛𝜋
67. If 𝑦 = tan 𝑥, prove that 𝑦𝑛 (0) −nC2 𝑦𝑛−2 (0) +nC4𝑦𝑛−4 (0) + ⋯ = sin ( ) (MU 1990,03)
2

68. If u is a function of x and 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑎𝑥 𝑢, prove that 𝐷 𝑛 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑎𝑥 (𝐷 + 𝑎)𝑛 𝑢 (MU 2006)