DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION & AREA UNDER CURVE

There are 70 questions in this question bank.

Q.12/AUC Area common to the curve y = 9  x 2 & x² + y² = 6 x is :

 3  3  3  3 3
(A) (B) (C) 3     (D*) 3    
4 4  4   4 
[Hint: x2 + y2 = 9 ....(1) ; x2 + y2 – 6x = 0 ....(2)
On solving x=3/2 ; y2 = 9 –9/4 = 27/4
3

 A = 2  9  x dx
3 3 2
 y=
2 3/ 2

Q.22/DE Spherical rain drop evaporates at a rate proportional to its surface area. The differential equation
corresponding to the rate of change of the radius of the rain drop if the constant of proportionality is
K > 0, is
dr dr dr
(A*) K = 0 (B) K = 0 (C)  Kr (D) none
dt dt dt
dV
[Hint: = – k4r2 ....(1)
dt
4 3 dV dV
but V= r  = 4r2 ....(2)
3 dt dt
dr
hence =–K  (A) ]
dt
Q.33/AUC If y = 2 sin x + sin 2x for 0  x  2, then the area enclosed by the curve and the x-axis is
(A) 9/2 (B*) 8 (C) 9 (D) 4
  
[Hint: A = 2  2 sin x  sin 2 x  dx = 4  sin x dx  2  sin 2 x dx
0 0 0
=8+0=8

Q.45/DEThe general solution of the differential equation, y  + y  (x)  (x) . (x) = 0 where  (x) is a known
function is :
(A*) y = ce(x) + (x)  1 (B) y = ce+(x) + (x)  1
(C) y = ce(x) (x) + 1 (D) y = ce(x) + (x) + 1
where c is an arbitrary constant .
dy
[Sol. + y '(x) =  (x).'(x)
dx

I.F. = e 
( x ) dx
 e( x )
hence y.e(x) =  e(x).(x).'(x) dx =  et.t dt where  (x) = t
= tet – et + C = (x).e(x) – e(x) + C
 y = ce–(x) + (x) – 1  A ]
 2
dy 1 y
Q.824/DE The solution of the differential equation, xy = (1 + x + x2) given that when x = 1, y = 0 is
dx 1 x 2
 1  y2 
(A) ln 1  y 2 = ln x + tan1 x  (B*) ln 2 = 2 tan1 x 
2 x 2
 1  y2  
(C) ln  2
 =  2 tan1 x (D) none
 x  4

y dy 1 x  x2
[Hint:  1  y 2 =  x (1  x) dx
1
ln (1 + y2) = tan–1x + ln x + C
2

1 y 2
ln = 2 tan–1x + C ]
x2
Q.96/AUC The area of the figure bounded by the curves y = ex , y = e-x & the straight line x = 1 is
1 1 1
(A) e + (B) e  (C*) e + 2 (D) none
e e e
Q.1035/DE A curve is such that the area of the region bounded by the co-ordinate axes, the curve & the ordinate
of any point on it is equal to the cube of that ordinate . The curve represents
(A) a pair of straight lines (B) a circle
(C*) a parabola (D) an ellipse
x

[Sol.  f (x ) dx = y3
0
Differentiating
dy
f (x) = 3y2.
dx
dy
y = 3y2  y = 0 (rejected)
dx
or 3y dy = dx
3y 2
= x + c  parabola  C]
2
Q.117/AUC The area bounded by the curve y = x²  1 & the straight line x + y = 3 is :
9 7 17 17 17
(A) (B) 4 (C) (D*)
2 2 6
[ Hint: 3 – x = x2 – 1  x2 + x – 4 = 0
x1 + x2 = –1
x1 x2 = – 4 ....(1)

 (3  x)  x 
x2 x2

 4  x  x  dx use(1)]
2 2
A=  1 dx =
x1 x1
Q.1823/AUC The area common to y  x & x >  y and the curve x² + y² = 2 is :
 3 
(A) (B) (C)  (D*)
4 2 2
0 1
 2 
[ Hint: A    2  x  x  dx + A    2  x  x  dx =
2 2
    2
1 0
note that the area is equal to the sector AOB with central angle 900
 1/4 (the area of the circle) ]

Q.1952/DE The real value of m for which the substitution, y = um will transform the differential equation,
dy
2x4y + y4 = 4x6 into a homogeneous equation is :
dx
(A) m = 0 (B) m = 1 (C*) m = 3/2 (D) no value of m
dy du
[Hint : y = um  = m um  1 . Hence 2 x4 . um . m um  1 . + u4m = 4 x6 .
dx dx
du 4 x6  u 4 m 3 3
=  4m = 6  m = and 2m – 1 = 2  m =  (C) ]
dx 2 m x 4 u 2m 1 2 2

Q.2024/AUC The area enclosed by x + y = 1 & the axis of x is :

1
(A*) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) none
2
x
Q.2127/AUC The area bounded by x² + y²  2 x = 0 & y = sin in the upper half of the circle is :
2
 4  2 8  2
(A*)  (B)  (C)   (D) 
2  4   2 
dy 1 1
Q.2254/DE The solution of the differential equation, x2 .cos  y sin =  1, where y  1 as x  is
dx x x
1 1 x1
(A*) y = sin – cos (B) y =
x x x sin x1

1 1 x1
(C) y = cos  sin (D) y =
x x x cos x1

dy y 1 1 1   x12 tan x1 dx 1
[Hint :  2 tan =  sec . 2 . IF = e = sec
dx x x x x x

1 1 1 1
 sec
2
 y . sec =   2 dx = tan + c
x x x x
1 1
if y  1 then x  c =  1  y = sin  cos ]
x x
Q.2657/DE The latus rectum of the conic passing through the origin and having the property that normal at each
point (x, y) intersects the x  axis at ((x + 1), 0) is :
(A) 1 (B*) 2 (C) 4 (D) none
dy
[Sol. Given y +x=x+1
dx
y2
 xc
2
x = 0, y = 0  c = 0
 y2 = 2x  latus rectum= 2  B ]

Q.2735/AUC The line y = mx bisects the area enclosed by the curve y = 1 + 4x  x2 & the lines x = 0 ,
3
x= & y = 0 . Then the value of m is :
2
13 6 3
(A*) (B) (C) (D) 4
6 13 2

dy 
Q.2859/DE The solution of the differential equation, 2 x2y = tan (x2y2)  2xy2 given y(1) = is
dx 2
(A*) sinx2y2 = ex–1 (B) sin(x2y2) = x (C) cosx2y2 + x = 0 (D) sin(x2y2) = e.ex
[Sol. put x2y2 = z
dy 2
Given x 2 .2y  y .2x  tan (x 2 y2 )
dx
d 2 2
(x y )  tan(x 2 y2 ) put x2 y2 = z
dx
now given expression transforms to
dz
= tan z
dx
  dx =  cot z dz
x = ln (sin z) + c
 
when x = 1 , y =  z=  c=1
2 2
 x = ln sin (x2y2) + 1
 ln sin(x2y2) = x – 1
sin (x2 y2) = ex–1]

Q.29 36/AUC The area bounded by the curve y = f (x), the x-axis & the ordinates x =1 &
x = b is (b  1)sin (3b + 4). Then f (x) is :
(A) (x  1) cos (3x + 4) (B) sin (3x + 4)
(C*) sin (3x + 4) + 3 (x  1) . cos (3x + 4) (D) none
b

[Sol :  f (x ) dx = (b – 1) sin (3b + 4)

1
 1
Q.3344/AUC The area of the region of the plane bounded by max  x , y   1 & xy  is :
2
1 31
(A) + ln 2 (B) (C) 1 + 2 ln 2 (D*) 3 + ln 2
2 4
[Hint : shaded area in 1st quadrant
1 1
 1  1 
=   2x 
1  dx = x  lnx 
1/ 2   2 1/ 2
1 1 1 1 1 1
=  ln =  ln
2 2 2 2 2 2
 2 times the shaded area = 1 – ln2
 Required area = 2 – (1–ln2) + 2 = 3 + ln2  D ]

x
Q.3474/DE If y = ln | c x | (where c is an arbitrary constant) is the general solution of the differential equation

dy y x x
= +   then the function   is :
dx x  y  y

x2 x2 y2 y2
(A) (B) – (C) (D*) –
y2 y2 x2 x2
x
[Hint : ln c + ln |x| =
y

1 y  x y1
diff. w.r.t. x, =
x y2

y2 dy
 yx
x dx

dy y y2 x y2
=  2    = –  D]
dx x x  y x2

Q.3545/AUC The area of the region for which 0 < y < 3  2x  x2 & x > 0 is :
3 3

 3  2 x  x  dx  3  2 x  x  dx
2 2
(A) (B)
1 0

1 3
(C*)  
3  2 x  x 2 dx (D)  3  2 x  x  dx
2

0 1

d3y dy
3
 13
Q.3677/DE If the function y = e4x + 2e–x is a solution of the differential equation, dx dx  K then the value
y
of K is :
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D*) 12
[Sol. y = c1cos(x + c2) – (c3 e  x  c4 ) + (c5sin x)
 y = c1 (cos x cos c2 – sin x sin c2) – (c3 e c 4 e–x)+ (c5 sin x)
 y = (c1 cos c2 ) cosx – (c1 sin c2 – c5) sinx – (c3 e c 4 ) e–x
 y = l cosx + m sinx – n e –x ....(i) where l, m, n are arbitrary constant
dy
 = – l sinx + m cosx + n e–x ....(ii)
dx
d2y
 = – l cosx – m sinx – n e–x ....(iii)
dx 2
d3y
 = l sinx – m cosx + n e–x ....(iv)
dx 3
d2y
(i) + (iii) gives 2 + y = – 2n e–x ....(v)
dx
d3y dy
(ii) + (iv) gives 3
 = 2n e–x ....(vi)
dx dx
d 3 y dy  d2y 
From (v) and (vi) we get 3 dx     y 
dx  dx 2 
 
d3y d2y dy
or 3
 2
  y  0 is the required differential equation ]
dx dx dx

Q.4263/AUC Let f(x) = x  x2 & g(x) = ax . If the region above the graph of g and below the graph of f has
an area equal to 9/2 then 'a' is equal to :
(A) 2 (B*) 4 (C*)  2 (D) 3

Q.4380/DE The curve, with the property that the projection of the ordinate on the normal is constant 'a', is
 2 2 
(A*) x  a ln  y  a  y   c (B) x  a 2  y 2  c
 
(C) (y – a)2 = cx (D) ay = tan–1 (x + c)
[Sol. Ordinate = PM. Let P  (x, y)
Projection of ordinate on normal = PN
 PN = PM cos = a (given)
y
  a  y = a 1  (y )2
1  tan 2  1

y2  a 2
a dy
 
dy   dx
   a ln | y  y 2  a 2 |  x  c ]
dx a y2  a 2

Q.4464/AUC The area bounded by the curves y =   x and x =   y where x, y  0

(A) cannot be determined
(B*) is 1/3
(C) is 2/3
(D) is same as that of the figure bounded by the curves y =  x ; x  0 and x =  y ; y  0
Q.4868/AUC Consider the graph of continuous function y = f(x) for x  [a  b, a + b] a, b  R+ and b > a. If
the origin is shifted to (a + b, 0) such that new axes are parallel to the old axes, then the area bounded
by the given curve, the X-axis and the new ordinates X =  a, X =  b can be written as :
ab
2 b b ab
1
(A)  f(x) dx (B)  f(x) dx (C*)  f(a + b  x)dx (D)
2  f(x) dx
ba a a a b
2

[ Hint: Required area = Area of the region ABB'PA'

a b

=  f (X) dX =  f (x ) dx
b a

b
=  f (a  b  x ) dx  (C) ]
a
x – (a + b) = X
if X = – a then x = b
X = – b then x = a ]

Q.4971/AUC The curvilinear trapezoid is bounded by the curve y = x2 + 1 and the straight lines x=1 and x=2. The
co-ordinates of the point ( on the given curve) with abscissa x  [1,2] where tangent drawn cut off from
the curvilinear trapezoid an ordinary trapezium of the greatest area, is
 3 13 
(A) (1,2) (B) (2,5) (C*)  ,  (D) none
2 4 
dy 
[Hint : dx  x1y1 = 2x1
T : y – y1 = 2x1 (x–x1) ....(1)
For co-ordinates of the point P put x = 1 in (1)
y = y1 + 2x1 (1–x1)
= 1 + x12 +2x1 + 2 x12 = 1 + 2x1 – x12

Hence P(1, 1 + 2x1 – x12 )

For Q put x= 2 in (1)
y = y1 + 2x1 (2 – x1) = 1 + x12 + 4x1 – 2 x12 = 1 + 4x1 – x12
 A = (1 + 2x1 – x12 ) + (1+ 4x1 – x12 ) = 1 + 3x1 – x12
dA
dx1 = 3 – 2x1  x1 = 3/2 ]
x
Q.5089/DE If  t y( t )dt = x2 + y (x) then y as a function of x is
a

x 2 a 2 x 2 a 2
(A*) y = 2 – (2 + a2) e 2 (B) y = 1 – (2 + a 2) e 2
x 2 a 2
(C) y = 2 – (1 + a 2) e 2 (D) none
[Sol. (a, 0) lies on the given curve
 0 = sin2a – 3 sina  sina = 0 or cosa = 3 /2

 a= (as a > 0 and the first point of intersection with positive X-axis)
6
/6 /6
 cos 2x 
and A =  (sin 2 x  3 sin x ) dx =    3 cos x 
0  2 0

 1 3  1  7
=       3   3
 4 2  2  4
 4A + 8 cosa = 7 ]
y
Q.5390/DE General solution of the differential equation 2y' ln x + = y–1cos x is
x
(A*) y2 ln x = c + sin x (B) y2 ln x = c – sin x
(C) y2 ln x = c + cos x (D) y2 ln x = c – cos x
[Hint: put y2 = t ]

Q.5473/AUC Area of the region enclosed between the curves x = y2 – 1 and x = |y| 1 y 2 is
(A) 1 (B) 4/3 (C) 2/3 (D*) 2
1
[Hint : A  2   y 1  y  ( y  1) dy
2 2
 
0
=2]
1
Q.5591/DE Solution of the equation  y ( x t) dt = n y(x) is
0

1n 1
1
(A) y = c x1/n (B*) y = cx n (C) y = c x n (D) y = c x– 1/n
[Hint: start x t = y ]

Q.5677/AUC Let y = g (x) be the inverse of a bijective mapping f : R  R f (x) = 3x3 + 2x. The area bounded by
the graph of g (x), the x-axis and the ordinate at x = 5 is :
5 7 9 13
(A) (B) (C) (D*)
4 4 4 4
[Hint : note for inverse function y axis will be the x axis and x axis will be the y axis
1
required area = Area of rectangle – 0 f (x ) dx
1
0 (3x
3
= 5–  2 x ) dx

3
=5–( + 1)
4
1 13
=3 = Ans ]
4 4
Q.609/DE Equation of a curve passing through the origin if the slope of the tangent drawn at any of its point (x, y)
is cos(x + y) + sin(x + y), is
(A) y = 2 tan–1(ex – 1) + x (B*) y = 2 tan–1(ex – 1) – x
(C) y = 2 tan–1(ex) – x (D) y = 2 tan–1(ex) + x
[13th test (24-03-2005)]
dy dy du
[Sol. = cos(x + y) + sin(x + y) ; put x + y = u ; 1+ 
dx dx dx
du du u u u u u
– 1 = cos u + sin u  = (1 + cos u) + sin u = 2cos2 + 2sin cos = 2cos2 (1 + tan )
dx dx 2 2 2 2 2

u
sec 2
2 u dt
  u
du = dx ;  tan
2
=t ;  1  t   dx
21  tan 
 2
x = ln (1 + t) + C t = 0 ; C = 0
xy xy
1 + t = ex  t = ex – 1 ; tan   = ex – 1  = tan–1(ex – 1)
 2  2
y = 2 tan–1(ex – 1) – x ]

Q.6165/auc The area bounded by the curves y = x (1  ln x) ; x = e1 and positive X-axis between x = e1 and
x = e is :
 e 2  4 e 2   e 2  5 e 2   4 e 2  e 2   5 e 2  e 2 
(A)   (B*)   (C)   (D)  
 5   4   5   4 
[Hint: y = x (1 – lnx) = 0  x = e (as x > 0)
dy
= – lnx  in (0,1) and  in (1, )
dx

also Lim x (1 – lnx) = 0

x 0

e
A=  x (1  lnx) dx ]
1/ e

Q.6279/auc Which one of the following DOES NOT represent the area enclosed by the curves
y = sec–1x , y = cosec–1x and the line x – 1 = 0 ?
/2 /4

(A*)  (cos ec x  1) dx (B) 2  (sec x  1) dx

0 0

/2 2

 (cos ec x  1) dx
1
(C) 2 (D)  (cos ec x  sec 1 x ) dx
/4 1
Q.6586/auc Area bounded by the curve y = min {sin2x, cos2x} and x-axis between the ordinates x = 0 and
5
x= is
4
5 5(   2)
(A) square units (B) square units
2 4
5(   2)  1
(C*) square units (D)    square units
8 8 2
4 3 4 5 4

 sin  cos  sin

2 2 2
[Hint: A = x dx  x dx  x dx ]
0 4 3 4

Q.6615/DE Water is drained from a vertical cylindrical tank by opening a valve at the base of the tank. It is known
that the rate at which the water level drops is proportional to the square root of water depth y, where the
constant of proportionality k > 0 depends on the acceleration due to gravity and the geometry of the
1
hole. If t is measured in minutes and k = then the time to drain the tank if the water is 4 meter deep
15
to start with is
(A) 30 min (B) 45 min (C*) 60 min (D) 80 min
dy
[Hint: =–k y
dt
0 t
dy
 y
= – k  dt
4 0

0 t
2 y = – kt = –
4 15
t
0–4 =–  t = 60 minutes  (C) ]
15

Q.6787/auc If the area bounded between x-axis and the graph of y = 6x – 3x 2 between the ordinates x = 1 and
x = a is 19 square units then 'a' can take the value
(A) 4 or – 2
(B) two values are in (2, 3) and one in (–1, 0)
(C*) two values one in (3,4) and one in (–2,–1)
(D) none of these
6 x 2 3x 3
[Hint: I =  (6 x  3x )dx =
2
 = 3x2 – x3 = x2(3 – x)
2 3
A1 = I(2) – I(1) = 4 – 2 = 2 units
A2 = I(2) – I(3) = 4 – 0 = 4 units
A3 = I(3) – I(4) = 0 – (–16) = 16 units
 one value of a will lie in (3, 4) using symmetric other will lie in (– 2, –1) ]